Leporinus santosi is a species of fish in the family Anostomidae. It is found in the lower Tocantins River in Pará state, Brazil.[2]

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

Description

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Leporinus santosi can reach a standard length of 13.5 centimetres (5.3 in).[3]

Etymology

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The species epithet is named in honor of Geraldo Mendes dos Santos, of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia in Manaus, for his contributions to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the lower Tocantins River due to his studies on anostomids and on the impacts of the Tucuruí Dam on the environment.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2021). "Leporinus santosi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T139549172A139549176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T139549172A139549176.pt. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ Britski, H.A. and J.L.O. Birindelli, 2013. A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Tocantins, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):25-32.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leporinus santosi". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  4. ^ 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.