Leporinus unitaeniatus

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Leporinus unitaeniatus Garavello & Santos, 2009

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> Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Etymology: Leporinus: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit (Ref. 45335);  unitaeniatus: The specific name unitaeniatus is an adjective in reference to the single, slender and horizontal dark brown stripe on the lateral line of this species..

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

; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

South America: Rios Araguaia and Tocantins in Brazil.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 80692)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total): 10-11; Radios blandos anales: 9. Differs from other congeners by the following characters: one longitudinal narrow brown stripe running along lateral line, light brown on the first 10-11  scales after opercular opening and dark brown along the posterior remaining scales of lateral line; 11-13 short transverse dark brown bars on dorsum meeting small dark brown blotches; snout length 38.4 to 50.6% in head length; orbital diameter 24.6 to 30.9% in head length; body depth 17.7 to 24.6% of SL; sub- inferior mouth (inferior margin of superior lip horizontally aligned with the inferior margin of orbit); teeth elongated incisive-like and with a fine and straight cutting edge decreasing in size like the steps of stairs from teeth pair of jaw symphysis; 4/4 teeth on each premaxillary and dentary; 42 to 44 scales in the lateral line, 6 scales series above and 5 under the lateral line on the transverse line and 16 circumpeduncular series of scales (Ref. 80692).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Garavello, Júlio | Colaboradores

Garavello, J.C. and G.M. Santos, 2009. Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 from Araguaia-Tocantins system, Amazon basin, Brazil (Ostoriophysi, Anostomidae). Brazilian J. Biol. 69 (1):109-116. (Ref. 80692)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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