Leporinus torrenticola
Species of fish
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 Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski, 2016[1] |
Leporinus torrenticola is a species of anostomid fish. It is endemic to Brazil and found in the middle Xingu River and its two major tributaries, the Iriri and the Curuá, in Pará state.[1][2]
Description
Leporinus torrenticola can reach a standard length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in).[2]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leporinus torrenticola". FishBase. August 2022 version.
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