Leporinus britskii
Leporinus britskii is a species of fish in the family Anostomidae. It is found in the Rio Tapajós and the Rio Jari drainages in Brazil.[2]
| Leporinus britskii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. britskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus britskii Feitosa, G. M. dos Santos & Birindelli, 2011 | |
Description
Leporinus britskii reaches a standard length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in).[3]
Etymology
It is named in honor of Heraldo A. Britski of the Universidade de São Paulo, for his contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical fishes, and especially for his participation in the understanding of the taxonomy of the genus Leporinus.[4]
References
- Frederico, R.G. (2022). "Leporinus britskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T162695210A162695266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T162695210A162695266.en. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- Feitosa, F.d.S., Santos, G.M.d. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2011): Leporinus britskii: a new anostomid species from the Tapajós and Jari drainages, Brazil (Characiformes: Anostomidae). Zootaxa, 3120: 55–62.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus britskii" 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. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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