Leporinus tristriatus

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 tristriatus

Name

Leporinus tristriatus Birindelli & Britski (in press)

• Holotype: MZUSP 96800.
• Paratypes: ANSP 199208 (2); MZUSP 110987 (7), 61121 (5), 61125 (1), 95937 (1), 96589 (1), 97278 (1), 99099 (1), 99493 (7), 108011 (1)108012 (13); MNRJ 34094 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Peixoto de Azevedo, trubutary of Rio Peixoto de Azevedo, at Cacheira da Neblina, Rio Tles Pires basin, 10°23'10"S, 54°18'22"W [1].

Etymology: The specific name is a combination of the Latin tri (= three), and striatus (= stripes), in reference to the three dark stripes on the body.

References

• Birindelli, J.L.O. & Britski, H. A. 2013. Two new species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, and redescription of Leporinus striatus Kner 1858. Journal of Fish Biology, 83(5) 1128-1160. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12206 . Reference page.