Leporinus torrenticola is a species of anostomid fish. It is endemic to Brazil and found in the middle Xingu River and its two major tributaries, the Iriri and the Curuá, in Pará state.[1][2]
| Leporinus torrenticola | |
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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. torrenticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus torrenticola | |
Description
editLeporinus torrenticola can reach a standard length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 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 torrenticola". FishBase. August 2022 version.
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