Leporinus bleheri is a species of anostomid fish. It is found in the Iténez-Guaporé River basin in South America.[2]
| Leporinus bleheri | |
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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. bleheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus bleheri Géry 1999
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Description edit
Leporinus bleheri can reach a standard length of 14.2 centimetres (5.6 in).[3]
Etymology edit
The species epithet is named in honor of the explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.[4]
References edit
- ^ Frederico, R.G. (2022). "Leporinus bleheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T49830528A159889746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T49830528A159889746.en. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Géry, J., 1999. A new anostomid species, Leporinus bleheri n. sp., from the Rio Guaporé-Iténez basin, with comments on some related species (Teleostei: Ostariophysi, Characiformes). aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(3):105-112.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus bleheri" 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. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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