Leporinus torrenticola
Leporinus torrenticola is a species of Leporinus found in the middle Rio Xingu and its two major tributaries, the Rio Iriri and Rio Curuá, in the Pará state, Brazil in South America.[1] This species can reach a length of 12.3 centimetres (4.8 in) SL.[2]
| Leporinus torrenticola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Leporinus |
| Species: | L. torrenticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Leporinus torrenticola Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski, 2016 | |
References
- BIRINDELLI, J. L. O., TEIXEIRA, T. F., & BRITSKI, H. A. (2016). Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1929 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from tributaries of the lower Amazon basin in Brazil. Zootaxa, 4178(1), 97–115. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4178.1.4
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus torrenticola" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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