Leporinus gomesi
Leporinus gomesi is a species of Leporinus widely found in the Aripuanã River basin in Brazil in South America. This species can reach a length of 16.0 centimetres (6.3 in) SL.[1]
| Leporinus gomesi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. gomesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus gomesi Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1981 | |
Etymology
It is named in honor of João Gomes da Silva, of the Universidade Federal de São Carlos, who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus gomesi" 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. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- Garavello, J.C. and H.A. Britski, 2003. Anostomidae (Headstanders). p. 71-84. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
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