Leporinus santosi
Leporinus santosi is a species of Leporinus found in the lower Rio Tocantins in Pará State, Brazil in South America.[1] This species can reach a length of 13.5 centimetres (5.3 in) SL.[2]
| Leporinus santosi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. santosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus santosi Britski & Birindelli, 2013 | |
Etymology
It is named in honor of Geraldo Mendes dos Santos, of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia in Manaus, for his contributions to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the lower Rio Tocantins due to his studies on anostomids and on the impacts of the Tucuruí dam on the environment.[3]
References
- Britski, H.A. and J.L.O. Birindelli, 2013. A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Tocantins, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):25-32.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus santosi" 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 24 March 2022.
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