Leporinus britskii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anostomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes Superfamilia: Anostomoidea

Familia: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Species: Leporinus britskii

Name

• Leporinus britskii Feitosa, Dos Santos & Birindelli, 2011

Holotype: MZUSP 109771. Paratypes: ANSP 192112 (5); INPA 33711 (5), 6648 (2), 6702 (5), 6809 (4); MZUSP 97374 (19), 97279 (13).

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Novo Progresso, rio Jamanxim, near Vila Mil, 7°43’51"S, 55°16’36"W.[1]

Etymology: In honor of Heraldo Antonio Britski, of the Museu de Zoologia of the Universidade de São Paulo, for his valuable contribution to our knowledge of Neotropical fishes, and especially for his important role in our understanding of Leporinus taxonomy.

References

• Feitosa, F. d. S., Dos Santos, G. M. & Birindelli, J. L. O.; 2011: Leporinus britskii: a new anostomid species from the Tapajós and Jari drainages, Brazil (Characiformes: Anostomidae). Zootaxa, 3120: 55–62.
• Leporinus britskii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.