Leporinus

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Leporinus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. The fishes in this genus are found in South America.

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Leporinus
Leporinus fasciatus
Leporinus friderici
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Subfamily: Leporininae
Genus: Leporinus
Agassiz, 1829[1]
Type species
Leporinus novemfasciatus
Spix & Agassiz, 1829[1]
Synonyms[1]
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Leporinus bahiensis

Species

Leporinus enyae
Leporinus maculatus
Leporinus piau
Leporinus villasboasorum

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[2]

Synonyms

The following species were formerly placed in Leporinus but have since been moved to other genera:[3]

  • Hypomasticus copelandii was described as Leporinus copelandii Steindachner, 1875
  • Hypomasticus steindachneri was described as Leporinus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1907

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