Venezuela country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Rio Casiquiare, Rio Orinoco and its tributaries, Rio Caura, Rio Carapo and Rio Cinaruco (Ref. 30270). Also Ref. 36801.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chernoff, B., A. Machado-Allison and W.G. Saul, 1991
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Common names from other countries

深棕兔脂鲤, Rødfinnet mudderlaks, Uaracu piranga, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Etymology: Leporinus: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Myers.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser benthopelagisch. Tropical

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

South America: Orinoco and Negro River basins.

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.6 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 30270)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Wirbelzahl: 31. Distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: body very slender, depth 18.4-23.4% SL: head length 20.6-26.6% SL; snout length 8.1-10.8% SL; upper jaw length 4.3-7.2% SL; mouth subterminal; all fins and lower portion of the head cherry red in adults; caudal fin with broadly blackened distal margin; upper jaw darkly pigmented, appearing as a mustache; lateral stripe, when present, from opercle margin to tip of middle caudal rays; anal fin rays 11(one specimen with 10); lateral line scales 36-41; scales above lateral line 4-5; scales below lateral line 4 (one specimen with 5); premaxillary teeth 4 (one specimen with 3); and dentary teeth 3-4 (Ref. 30270).

Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven

Distinct pairs breed on densely grown weedy places (Ref. 205).

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Chernoff, B., A. Machado-Allison and W.G. Saul, 1991. Morphology, variation and biogeography of Leporinus brunneus (Pisces: Characiformes: Anostomidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 1(4):295-306. (Ref. 30270)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

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Leporinus brunneus Myers, 1950