Leporinus bleheri
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| Leporinus bleheri | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. bleheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus bleheri Géry 1999
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Leporinus bleheri is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. It is found in the Iténez-Guaporé River basin in South America.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]Leporinus bleheri can reach a standard length of 14.2 centimetres (5.6 in).[3]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The species epithet is named in honor of the explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.[4]
References
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- ^ Géry, J., 1999. A new anostomid species, Leporinus bleheri n. sp., from the Rio Guaporé-Iténez basin, with comments on some related species (Teleostei: Ostariophysi, Characiformes). aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(3):105-112.
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