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Species in the genus Leporacanthicus: [ 4 ] records


galaxias, Leporacanthicus Isbrücker [I. J. H.] & Nijssen [H.] 1989:546, Figs 8-10, 13-15 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 42 (no. 9); ref. 13622] Rio Tocantins, Lagoa em frenta a Jacobal, Pará State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 24136. Paratypes: INPA 674 (1); INPA-TOC 1578 (1); IRSNB 694 (1); MZUSP 27665 (17); ZMA 107862 (16), 119396 (4), 119477 (1), 120337 (2 + 1 mutilated), 120344 (1); ZSM 26672 (1), 26735 (9). Additional material: ZMA 120338 (4). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:265 [ref. 29155], Neumann 2011:264 [ref. 31652] •Valid as Leporacanthicus galaxias Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989 -- (Provenzano 1995:97 [ref. 38661], Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:388 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:265 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35633], Koerber et al. 2022:53 [ref. 39235]). Current status: Valid as Leporacanthicus galaxias Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin (Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

heterodon, Leporacanthicus Isbrücker [I. J. H.] & Nijssen [H.] 1989:547, Figs. 12, 18-19 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 42 (no. 9); ref. 13622] Cachoeira von Martius, upper Rio Xingu, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Holotype: IRSNB 693. Paratypes: ZMA 120336 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:266 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Leporacanthicus heterodon Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:388 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:266 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Leporacanthicus heterodon Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Xingu River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

joselimai, Leporacanthicus Isbrücker [I. J. H.] & Nijssen [H.] 1989:546, Figs. 11, 16-17 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 42 (no. 9); ref. 13622] Rio Tapajós, perta de Itaituba, Maloquinha, Pará State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 21921. Paratypes: MZUSP 22012 (1), 23787 (1), 24279 (1); ZMA 107879 (2), 120169 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:266 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Leporacanthicus joselimai Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Ferraris 2007:266 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Leporacanthicus joselimai Isbrücker & Nijssen 1989. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Tapajós River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

triactis, Leporacanthicus Isbrücker [I. J. H.], Nijssen [H.] & Nico [L. G.] 1992:3, Figs. 1-6 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 46 (no. 1) [for Jan. 1993]; ref. 20677] Caño Mavaquita, Upper Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela, about 2°12'30"N, 65°05'30"W. Holotype: MCNG 25357. Paratypes: ZMA 120796 (1). Additional material: UF 91780 (1), ZMA 120774 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:266 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Leporacanthicus triactis Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico 1992 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:388 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:266 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:81 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Leporacanthicus triactis Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico 1992. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Orinoco River basin: Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.


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