Leporinus torrenticola
Leporinus torrenticola is a species of anostomid fish. It is endemic to Brazil and found in the middle Rio Xingu and its two major tributaries, the Rio Iriri and Rio Curuá, in the Pará state.[1][2] This species can reach a length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in) SL.[2]
| Leporinus torrenticola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. torrenticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus torrenticola | |
References
- Birindelli, J. L. O.; Teixeira, T. F.; Britski, H. A. (2016). "Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1929 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from tributaries of the lower Amazon basin in Brazil". Zootaxa. 4178 (1): 97–115. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4178.1.4. PMID 27811730.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Leporinus torrenticola" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
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