Leporinus sidlauskasi is a species of fish in the family Anostomidae. It is found in the lower Tocantins River in Pará State, Brazil.[1]
| Leporinus sidlauskasi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. sidlauskasi
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus sidlauskasi Britski & Birindelli, 2019
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Etymology edit
It is named in honor of Brian L. Sidlauskas (b. 1976), the Curator of Fishes at Oregon State University, for his contributions to the knowledge of the systematics of the family Anostomidae.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ Britski, H.A. & Birindelli, J.L. (2019): Description of a new species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil, Zootaxa, 4603 (1): 183–191
- ^ 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.
- ^ "New fish discovered in Amazon basin named after Oregon State researcher". 25 June 2019.
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