Leporinus venerei is a species of anostomid fish.[1][3] It is endemic to Brazil and known only from the Araguaia River basin.[1][2]
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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. venerei
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| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus venerei | |
Description
editLeporinus venerei can reach a standard length of 13.6 centimetres (5.4 in).[3]
Etymology
editThe species epithet is named in honor of Paulo Cesare Venere of the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Campus Universitário do Araguaia. It was he who collected the first known specimens of this species in 1995.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Frederico, R.G. (2022). "Leporinus venerei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T162698359A162698371. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ a b Britski, Heraldo A. & Birindelli, José L. O. (2008). "Description of a new species of the genus Leporinus Spix (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Araguaia, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomy and distribution of L. parae and L. lacustris". Neotropical Ichthyology. 6 (1): 45–51. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000100005.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leporinus venerei". FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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