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Leporellus

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Leporellus

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Leporellus is a genus of headstanders found in South America. They are mainly found in the São Francisco River and Paraná–Paraguay river basins, but L. vittatus also occurs in the Amazon. There are currently four described species in this genus.

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Vinony's link graph records 1 inbound reference to Leporellus, and connects out to South America, Animalia and Chordata.

Vinony files it under Anostomidae and Taxa named by Christian Frederik Lütken.

Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Yellow rabbit characin

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCharaciformes
  5. FamilyAnostomidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations28

Leporellus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de kopstaanders (Anostomidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht werd in 1875 voorgesteld door Christian Frederik Lütken.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
9
Family
Anostomidae
Collections
USNM, CUMV, ANSP, AUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MPEG
Recorded in
Bolivia, Venezuela, Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anostomidae
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Commons category
Leporellus
taxon name
Leporellus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Leporellus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Leporellus is a genus of headstanders found in South America. They are mainly found in the São Francisco River and Paraná–Paraguay river basins, but L. vittatus also occurs in the Amazon. There are currently four described species in this genus.

The most basal member of the headstanders, they are the only member of the subfamily Leporellinae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leporellus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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