Leptodoras marki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Doradidae
Genus: Leptodoras
Species: Leptodoras marki

Name

Leptodoras marki Birindelli & Sousa, 2010: 293, Fig. A-B

Holotype: MNRJ 33808.

Paratypes: ANSP 189664 (1); MNRJ 33066 (1), 33067 ( 2); MZUSP 36009 (1), 103217 (2, 1 c&s).

Type locality: Rio Trairão, Fresco-Xingu basin, tributary of Rio de Ponte, 15 kilometers south af Cumaru do Norte, 7°56'34"S, Cumaru do Norte, Pará, Brazil.

References

• Birindelli, J.L.O. & L.M. Sousa 2010: New species of the thorny catfish genus Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from Rio Fresco, Xingu Basin, Brazil. Copeia, 2010 (2): 292–299. DOI: 10.1643/CI-09-153
• Sabaj, M.H. 2005: Taxonomic assessment of Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with descriptions of three new species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 3: 637–678.
• Leptodoras marki in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Mark's Thorny Catfish