Leporinus santosi

Taxonavigation

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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 santosi

Name

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Leporinus santosi Britski & Birindelli, 2013

  • Holotype: MZUSP 110000.
  • Paratypes: ANSP 192959 (1); INPA 37891 (1), 1589 (2); MZUSP 31482 (1), 32307 (5), 29156 (11), 42021 (4).

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Parauapebas, igarapé do Pojuca, tributary of rio Itacaiúnas, at Caldeirão, approximately 5°52'S, 50°32'W [1].

Etymology: Named in honor of Geraldo Mendes dos Santos, a researcher from INPA, for his important contributions to our knowledge of the fish fauna of the lower rio Tocantins, through his studies on the species of Anostomidae (Santos & Jégu, 1989), and on the impacts of the Tucuruí dam (Santos et al., 1984; Santos et al., 2004).

References

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  • Britski, H. A. & Birindelli, J. L. O.: 2013: A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Tocantins, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (1): 25–32.