Leporinus bleheri
Leporinus bleheri is a species of Leporinus widely found in the Iténez-Guaporé River basin in South America.[1] This species can reach a length of 14.2 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.[2]
| Leporinus bleheri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. bleheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus bleheri Géry 1999 | |
Etymology
It is named in honor of the explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus bleheri" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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