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Leporinus Agassiz in Spix and Agassiz, 1829
Taxonomic Serial No.: 163161

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Ostariophysi
	Order	Characiformes – piranhas, leporins, piranhas
	Family	Anostomidae – American characins
	Subfamily	Anostominae
	Genus	Leporinus Agassiz in Spix and Agassiz, 1829
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	Species	Leporinus agassizii Steindachner, 1876
	Species	Leporinus aguapeiensis Amaral Campos, 1945
	Species	Leporinus alternus Eigenmann, 1912
	Species	Leporinus amae Godoy, 1980
	Species	Leporinus amblyrhynchus Garavello and Britski, 1987
	Species	Leporinus arcus Eigenmann, 1912
	Species	Leporinus aripuanaensis Garavello and Santos, 1992
	Species	Leporinus badueli Puyo, 1948
	Species	Leporinus bahiensis Steindachner, 1875
	Species	Leporinus bimaculatus Castelnau, 1855
	Species	Leporinus bistriatus Britski, 1997
	Species	Leporinus bleheri Géry, 1999
	Species	Leporinus boehlkei Garavello, 1988
	Species	Leporinus brunneus Myers, 1950
	Species	Leporinus conirostris Steindachner, 1875
	Species	Leporinus copelandii Steindachner, 1875
	Species	Leporinus crassilabris Borodin, 1929
	Species	Leporinus cylindriformis Borodin, 1929
	Species	Leporinus desmotes Fowler, 1914
	Species	Leporinus despaxi Puyo, 1943
	Species	Leporinus ecuadorensis Eigenmann and Henn, 1916
	Species	Leporinus elongatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1850
	Species	Leporinus falcipinnis Mahnert, Géry and Muller, 1997
	Species	Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794) – banded leporinus, black-banded leporinus
	Species	Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794)
	Species	Leporinus garmani Borodin, 1929
	Species	Leporinus gomesi Garavello and Santos in Garavello, 1990
	Species	Leporinus gossei Géry, Planquette and Le Bail, 1991
	Species	Leporinus granti Eigenmann, 1912
	Species	Leporinus holostictus Cope, 1878
	Species	Leporinus jamesi Garman in Borodin, 1929
	Species	Leporinus jatuncochi Ovchynnyk, 1971
	Species	Leporinus julii Santos, Jegu and Lima, 1996
	Species	Leporinus klausewitzi Géry, 1960
	Species	Leporinus lacustris Amaral Campos, 1945
	Species	Leporinus latofasciatus Steindachner, 1910
	Species	Leporinus lebaili Géry and Planquette, 1983
	Species	Leporinus leschenaulti Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1850
	Species	Leporinus macrocephalus Garavello and Britski, 1988
	Species	Leporinus maculatus Müller and Troschel, 1844
	Species	Leporinus marcgravii Lütken, 1875
	Species	Leporinus megalepis Günther, 1863
	Species	Leporinus melanopleura Günther, 1864
	Species	Leporinus melanostictus Norman, 1926
	Species	Leporinus microphthalmus Garavello, 1989
	Species	Leporinus moralesi Fowler, 1942
	Species	Leporinus mormyrops Steindachner, 1875
	Species	Leporinus multifasciatus Cope, 1878
	Species	Leporinus muyscorum Steindachner, 1900
	Species	Leporinus nattereri Steindachner, 1876
	Species	Leporinus niceforoi Fowler, 1943
	Species	Leporinus nigrotaeniatus (Jardine in Schomburgk, 1841)
	Species	Leporinus nijsseni Garavello, 1990
	Species	Leporinus obtusidens (Valenciennes, 1836)
	Species	Leporinus octofasciatus Steindachner, 1915
	Species	Leporinus octomaculatus Britski and Garavello, 1993
	Species	Leporinus ortomaculatus Garavello, 2000
	Species	Leporinus pachycheilus Britski, 1976
	Species	Leporinus pachyurus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1850
	Species	Leporinus parae Eigenmann in Eigenmann and Ogle, 1908
	Species	Leporinus paralternus Fowler, 1914
	Species	Leporinus paranensis Garavello and Britski, 1987
	Species	Leporinus pearsoni Fowler, 1940
	Species	Leporinus pellegrinii Steindachner, 1910
	Species	Leporinus piau Fowler, 1941
	Species	Leporinus pitingai dos Santos and Jégu, 1996
	Species	Leporinus punctatus Garavello, 2000
	Species	Leporinus reinhardti Lütken, 1875
	Species	Leporinus reticulatus Britski and Garavello, 1993
	Species	Leporinus sexstriatus Britski and Garavello, 1980
	Species	Leporinus silvestrii Boulenger, 1902
	Species	Leporinus spilopleura Norman, 1926
	Species	Leporinus steindachneri Eigenmann in Eigenmann and Ogle, 1907
	Species	Leporinus steyermarki Inger, 1956
	Species	Leporinus striatus Kner, 1858 – striped leporinus, striped leporinus
	Species	Leporinus subniger Fowler, 1943
	Species	Leporinus taeniatus Lütken, 1875
	Species	Leporinus taeniofasciatus Britski, 1997
	Species	Leporinus thayeri Borodin, 1929
	Species	Leporinus tigrinus Borodin, 1929
	Species	Leporinus trifasciatus Steindachner, 1876
	Species	Leporinus trimaculatus Garavello and Santos, 1992
	Species	Leporinus uatumaensis dos Santos and Jégu, 1996
	Species	Leporinus wolfei Fowler, 1940
	Species	Leporinus y-ophorus Eigenmann, 1922

References


	Expert(s):
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	Notes:
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Leporinus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Leporinus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Leporinus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Leporinus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Leporinus

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