Leporinus

Leporinus
Leporinus fasciatus
Leporinus friderici
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Leporinus
Agassiz, 1829
Type species
Leporinus novemfasciatus
Spix & Agassiz, 1829

Leporinus is a genus of fish in the family Anostomidae native to South America. The fossil species Leporinus scalabrinii, known from the late Miocene of Entre Ríos in Argentina, has only recently been added to this genus after being misidentified as a species of primate under the name Arrhinolemur scalabrinii for over 100 years.[1]

Species

There are currently 79 recognized species in this genus:

  • Leporinus acutidens (Valenciennes, 1837)
  • Leporinus affinis Günther, 1864
  • Leporinus agassizii Steindachner, 1876
  • Leporinus altipinnis Borodin, 1929 [2]
  • Leporinus amae Godoy (pt), 1980
  • Leporinus amazonicus G. M. dos Santos & Zuanon, 2008
  • Leporinus amblyrhynchus Garavello & Britski, 1987
  • Leporinus apollo Sidlauskas, Mol & Vari, 2011 [3]
  • Leporinus arcus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  • Leporinus arimaspi Burns, Frable & Sidlauskas, 2014 [4]
  • Leporinus aripuanaensis Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1981
  • Leporinus bahiensis Steindachner, 1875
  • Leporinus bimaculatus Castelnau, 1855
  • Leporinus bistriatus Britski, 1997
  • Leporinus bleheri Géry, 1999
  • Leporinus boehlkei Garavello, 1988
  • Leporinus britskii Feitosa, G. M. dos Santos & Birindelli, 2011 [5]
  • Leporinus brunneus G. S. Myers, 1950
  • Leporinus copelandii Steindachner, 1875
  • Leporinus cylindriformis Borodin, 1929
  • Leporinus desmotes Fowler, 1914
  • Leporinus ecuadorensis C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1916
  • Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794)
  • Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794)
  • Leporinus geminis Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 2009
  • Leporinus gomesi Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1981
  • Leporinus gossei Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991
  • Leporinus granti C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  • Leporinus guttatus Birindelli & Britski, 2009
  • Leporinus jamesi Garman, 1929 [6]
  • Leporinus jatuncochi Ovchynnyk, 1971
  • Leporinus klausewitzi Géry, 1960
  • Leporinus lacustris Amaral Campos, 1945
  • Leporinus lebaili Géry & Planquette, 1983
  • Leporinus leschenaulti Valenciennes, 1850
  • Leporinus maculatus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844
  • Leporinus marcgravii Lütken, 1875
  • Leporinus melanopleura Günther, 1864 [7]
  • Leporinus melanopleurodes Birindelli, Britski & Garavello, 2013 [7]
  • Leporinus melanostictus Norman, 1926
  • Leporinus microphthalmus Garavello, 1989
  • Leporinus microphysus Birindelli & Britski, 2013 [8]
  • Leporinus moralesi Fowler, 1942 [9]
  • Leporinus multifasciatus Cope, 1878
  • Leporinus multimaculatus Birindelli & Teixeira, 2016 [10]
  • Leporinus muyscorum (Steindachner, 1900)
  • Leporinus nattereri Steindachner, 1876
  • Leporinus niceforoi Fowler, 1943
  • Leporinus nigrotaeniatus (Jardine, 1841)
  • Leporinus nijsseni Garavello, 1990
  • Leporinus octofasciatus Steindachner, 1915
  • Leporinus octomaculatus Britski & Garavello, 1993
  • Leporinus ortomaculatus Garavello, 2000
  • Leporinus pachyurus Valenciennes, 1850
  • Leporinus parae C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
  • Leporinus paranensis Garavello & Britski, 1987
  • Leporinus parvulus Birindelli, Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2013 [9]
  • Leporinus pearsoni Fowler, 1940
  • Leporinus piau Fowler, 1941
  • Leporinus pitingai G. M. dos Santos & Jégu, 1996
  • Leporinus platycephalus Meinken, 1935
  • Leporinus punctatus Garavello, 2000
  • Leporinus reticulatus Britski & Garavello, 1993
  • Leporinus santosi Britski & Birindelli, 2013 [11]
  • Leporinus sexstriatus Britski & Garavello, 1980
  • Leporinus spilopleura Norman, 1926
  • Leporinus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
  • Leporinus steyermarki R. F. Inger, 1956
  • Leporinus striatus Kner, 1858 [8]
  • Leporinus subniger Fowler, 1943
  • Leporinus taeniatus Lütken, 1875
  • Leporinus taeniofasciatus Britski, 1997
  • Leporinus tigrinus Borodin, 1929
  • Leporinus torrenticola Birindelli & Teixeira, 2016 [10]
  • Leporinus trimaculatus Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1992
  • Leporinus tristriatus Birindelli & Britski, 2013 [8]
  • Leporinus unitaeniatus Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 2009
  • Leporinus vanzoi Britski & Garavello, 2005
  • Leporinus venerei Britski & Birindelli, 2008
  • Leporinus yophorus C. H. Eigenmann, 1922

References

  1. ↑ Bogan, S., Sidlauskas, B., Vari, R.P. & Agnolin, F. (2012): Arrhinolemur scalabrinii Ameghino, 1898, of the late Miocene - a taxonomic journey from the Mammalia to the Anostomidae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3): 555–560.
  2. ↑ Britski, H.A. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2016): Redescription of Leporinus altipinnis, a senior synonym of L. falcipinnis, and comments on L. holostictus (Characiformes: Anostomidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (1): 25-40.
  3. ↑ Sidlauskas, B.L., Mol, J.H. & Vari, R.P. (2011): Dealing with allometry in linear and geometric morphometrics: a taxonomic case study in the Leporinus cylindriformis group (Characiformes: Anostomidae) with description of a new species from Suriname. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 162 (1): 103-130.
  4. ↑ Burns, M.D., Frable, B.W. & Sidlauskas, B.L. (2014): A New Species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae), from the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela. Copeia, 2014 (2): 206-214.
  5. ↑ Feitosa, F.d.S., Santos, G.M.d. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2011): Leporinus britskii: a new anostomid species from the Tapajós and Jari drainages, Brazil (Characiformes: Anostomidae). Zootaxa, 3120: 55–62.
  6. ↑ Garavello, J.C., Britski, H.A. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2014): Redescription of Leporinus jamesi (Characiformes: Anostomidae), a poorly known species of Leporinus from the lowlands of the central Amazon, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 317-326.
  7. 1 2 Birindelli, J.L.O., Britski, H.A. & Garavello, J.C. (2013): Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from eastern basins of Brazil, and redescription of L. melanopleura Günther. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (1): 9-23.
  8. 1 2 3 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.
  9. 1 2 Birindelli, J.L.O., Britski, H.A. & Lima, F.C.T. (2013): New Species of Leporinus from the Rio Tapajós Basin, Brazil, and Redescription of L. moralesi (Characiformes: Anostomidae). Copeia, 2013 (2): 238–247.
  10. 1 2 Birindelli, J.L.O. & Teixeira, T.F. (2016): Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from tributaries of the lower Amazon basin in Brazil. Zootaxa, 4178 (1): 97-115.
  11. ↑ 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.
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