Leporinus multimaculatus is a species of anostomid fish. It is endemic to Brazil and found in small tributaries of the Araguaia River, the Tocantins River and the Xingu River basins. It is also found in the Jari River basin and coastal drainages of Amapá state.[1][2]
| Leporinus multimaculatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. multimaculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus multimaculatus | |
Description
editLeporinus multimaculatus can reach a standard length of 11.1 centimetres (4.4 in).[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Birindelli, J. L. O.; Teixeira, T. F.; Britski, H. A. (2016). "Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1929 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from tributaries of the lower Amazon basin in Brazil". Zootaxa. 4178 (1): 97–115. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4178.1.4. PMID 27811730.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leporinus multimaculatus". FishBase. August 2022 version.
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