Leporinus santosi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anostomoidea

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: Characiformes Superfamilia: Anostomoidea

Familia: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Species: Leporinus santosi

Name

Leporinus santosi Britski & Birindelli, 2013

• Holotype: MZUSP 110000.
• Paratypes: ANSP 192959 (1); INPA 37891 (1), 1589 (2); MZUSP 31482 (1), 32307 (5), 29156 (11), 42021 (4).

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Parauapebas, igarapé do Pojuca, tributary of rio Itacaiúnas, at Caldeirão, approximately 5°52'S, 50°32'W [1].

Etymology: Named in honor of Geraldo Mendes dos Santos, a researcher from INPA, for his important contributions to our knowledge of the fish fauna of the lower rio Tocantins, through his studies on the species of Anostomidae (Santos & Jégu, 1989), and on the impacts of the Tucuruí dam (Santos et al., 1984; Santos et al., 2004).

References

• Britski, H. A. & Birindelli, J. L. O.: 2013: A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Tocantins, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (1): 25–32.