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Leporinus bleheri Géry 1999

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Leporinus bleheri

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Leporinus bleheri is a species of Leporinus widely found in the Iténez-Guaporé River basin in South America.[1] This species can reach a length of 14.2 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.[2]

Etymology

It is named in honor of the explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.[3]

References

  1. ^ Géry, J., 1999. A new anostomid species, Leporinus bleheri n. sp., from the Rio Guaporé-Iténez basin, with comments on some related species (Teleostei: Ostariophysi, Characiformes). aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(3):105-112.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Leporinus bleheri" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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Leporinus bleheri: Brief Summary

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Leporinus bleheri is a species of Leporinus widely found in the Iténez-Guaporé River basin in South America. This species can reach a length of 14.2 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.

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