Leporinus arimaspi is a species of anostomid fish. It is widely found throughout the Orinoco River drainage in Venezuela, including the tributaries Caura, Pamoni, Casiquiare, Manapiare, and Ventuari.[2]

Leporinus arimaspi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Species:
L. arimaspi
Binomial name
Leporinus arimaspi

Description edit

Leporinus arimaspi can reach a standard length of 19.0 centimetres (7.5 in).[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Usma, S., Herrera-Collazos, E.E., Mojica, J.I., Rodríguez-Olarte, D., Taphorn, D.C. & Villa-Navarro, F. (2022). "Leporinus arimaspi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T176086734A176086738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T176086734A176086738.en. Retrieved 27 March 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Burns, M.D., Frable, B.W. & Sidlauskas, B.L. (2014): A New Species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae), from the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela. Archived 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Copeia, 2014 (2): 206-214.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus arimaspi" in FishBase. June 2018 version.