Leandro Melo de Sousa

Leandro Melo de Sousa, Brazilian ichthyologist.

• Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Altamira, PA, Brazil.
• E-mail: leandro.m.sousa@gmail

Taxon names authored

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• 3 taxon names authored by Leandro Melo de Sousa

Publications

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2015

• Teixeira, T.F., Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M. 2016. Two new species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the headwaters of the Tapajós and Xingu River basins, Pará, Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology 88(2): 459–476. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12803 Reference page. 

2016

• Cramer, C.A. & de Sousa, L.M. 2016. A new species of tiger pleco Panaqolus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Xingu basin, Brazil. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0165388: 1–19. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165388 Reference page. 

2019

• de Santana, C.D., Crampton, W.G.R., Dillman, C.B., Frederico, R.G., Sabaj, M.H., Covain, R., Ready, J.S., Zuanon, J.A.S., Oliveira, R.R. de, Mendes-Júnior, R.N., Bastos, D.A., Teixeira, T. F., Mol, J.H., Ohara, W.M., Castro e Castro, N., Peixoto, L.A.W., Nagamachi, C., Sousa, L.M., Montag, L.F.A., Ribeiro, F.R.V., Waddell, J.C., Piorsky, N.M., Vari, R.P. & Wosiacki, W.B. 2019. Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator. Nature communications 10: 4000. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11690-z Reference page. 

2021

• de Oliveira, R.R., Zuanon, J.A.S., Rapp Py-Daniel, L.H., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sousa, L.M. 2021. Taxonomic revision of Hopliancistrus Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) with redescription of Hopliancistrus tricornis and description of four new species. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0244894. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244894 Reference page.