Leporinus leschenaulti

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Leporinus leschenaulti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Species:
L. leschenaulti
Binomial name
Leporinus leschenaulti
Synonyms
  • Curimatus acutidens Valenciennes, 1837
  • Leporinus friderici acutidens (Valenciennes, 1837)

Leporinus leschenaulti is a species of anostomid fish. It is found in coastal rivers of French Guiana and northern Brazil.[1]

Etymology[edit]

It is named in honor of botanist-ornithologist Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Theodore Leschenault de La Tour (1773–1826), who, along with entomologist Adolphe Jacques Louis Doumerc (1802–1868), provided the type specimen.[2]


References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus leschenaulti" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  2. ^ 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 23 March 2022.
  • Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.