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. Seven species have been recently separated in Hypomasticus, but Leporinus is still paraphyletic and needs to be split up further. The fossil species Leporinus scalabrinii (Ameghino, 1898), known from the late Miocene of Entre Ríos, 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 90 recognized species in this genus:

Leporinus acutidens (Valenciennes, 1837) Leporinus affinis Günther, 1864 Leporinus agassizii Steindachner, 1876 Leporinus alternus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 Leporinus altipinnis Borodin, 1929 [2] Leporinus amae Godoy (pt), 1980 Leporinus amazonicus G. M. dos Santos & Zuanon, 2008 [3] Leporinus amblyrhynchus Garavello & Britski, 1987 Leporinus apollo Sidlauskas, Mol & Vari, 2011 Leporinus arimaspi Burns, Frable & Sidlauskas, 2014 [4] Leporinus arcus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (Lip-stick leporinus) 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 brinco Birindelli, Britski & Garavello, 2013 [5] Leporinus britskii Feitosa, G. M. dos Santos & Birindelli, 2011 [6] Leporinus brunneus G. S. Myers, 1950 Leporinus conirostris Steindachner, 1875 Leporinus copelandii Steindachner, 1875 Leporinus cylindriformis Borodin, 1929 Leporinus desmotes Fowler, 1914 Leporinus ecuadorensis C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1916 Leporinus elongatus Valenciennes, 1850 Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794) (Banded leporinus) Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794) (Three-spot leporinus) 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 [7] Leporinus jatuncochi Ovchynnyk, 1971 Leporinus klausewitzi Géry, 1960 Leporinus lacustris Amaral Campos, 1945 Leporinus lebaili Géry & Planquette, 1983 Leporinus leschenaulti Valenciennes, 1850 Leporinus macrocephalus Garavello & Britski, 1988 Leporinus maculatus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844 (Spotted leporinus) Leporinus marcgravii Lütken, 1875 Leporinus melanopleura Günther, 1864 (Spot-tail leporinus) Leporinus melanopleurodes Birindelli, Britski & Garavello, 2013 [5] Leporinus melanostictus Norman, 1926

Leporinus microphthalmus Garavello, 1989 Leporinus microphysus Birindelli & Britski, 2013 [8] Leporinus moralesi Fowler, 1942 Leporinus multifasciatus Cope, 1878 Leporinus muyscorum Steindachner, 1900 Leporinus nattereri Steindachner, 1876 Leporinus niceforoi Fowler, 1943 Leporinus nigrotaeniatus (Jardine, 1841) (Half-line leporinus) Leporinus nijsseni Garavello, 1990 Leporinus obtusidens (Valenciennes, 1837) Leporinus octofasciatus Steindachner, 1915 Leporinus octomaculatus Britski & Garavello, 1993 Leporinus ortomaculatus Garavello, 2000 Leporinus pachyurus Valenciennes, 1850 Leporinus parae C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 Leporinus paralternus Fowler, 1914 Leporinus paranensis Garavello & Britski, 1987 Leporinus parvulus Birindelli, Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2013 [9] Leporinus pearsoni Fowler, 1940 Leporinus pellegrinii Steindachner, 1910 Leporinus piau Fowler, 1941 Leporinus piavussu Britski, Birindelli & Garavello, 2012 [10] Leporinus pitingai G. M. dos Santos & Jégu, 1996 Leporinus platycephalus Meinken, 1935 Leporinus punctatus Garavello, 2000 Leporinus reinhardti Lütken, 1875 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 Inger, 1956 Leporinus striatus Kner, 1858 Leporinus subniger Fowler, 1943 Leporinus taeniatus Lütken, 1875 Leporinus taeniofasciatus Britski, 1997 Leporinus tigrinus Borodin, 1929 Leporinus trifasciatus Steindachner, 1876 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 [12] Leporinus wolfei Fowler, 1940 Leporinus y-ophorus 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. Dos Santos, G.M. & Zuanon, J. (2008). "Leporinus amazonicus, a new anostomid species from the Amazon lowlands, Brazil (Osteichthyes: Characiformes)". Zootaxa, 1815: 35–42.
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. 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.
6. Feitosa, F.D.S., Dos Santos, G.M. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2011). "Leporinus britskii: a new anostomid species from the Tapajós and Jari drainages, Brazil (Characiformes: Anostomidae)". Zootaxa, 3120: 55–62.
7. 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.
8. 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. 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. Britski, H.A., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Garavello, J.C. (2012). "A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 from the upper Rio Paraná basin (Characiformes, Anostomidae) with redescription of L. elongatus Valenciennes, 1850 and L. obtusidens (Valenciennes, 1837)" (PDF). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 52 (37): 441–475.
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.
12. Britski, H.A. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2008). "Description of a new species of the genus Leporinus Spix (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Araguaia, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomy and distribution of L. parae and L. lacustris". Neotropical Ichthyology, 6 (1): 45–51.