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Leporinus villasboasorum Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli & Sidlauskas, 2017

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Leporinus villasboasorum, Mato Grosso, Campinápolis, rio Culuene, tributary of rio Xingu, at cofferdam of PCH Paranatinga 2. Known from the Mato Grosso State: throughout the middle and upper Xingu drainage, from Volta Grande rapids near Belo Monte, downstream of the city of Altamira in Pará State to the headwaters of the Xingu River in Mato Grosso State and in the tributaries of the upper Tapajós River, the Teles Pires and Juruena rivers (Ref. 119688).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Burns, M.D., M. Chatfield, J.L.O. Birindelli and B.L. Sidlauskas, 2017
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Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Etymology: Leporinus: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit (Ref. 45335);  villasboasorum: Named for Orlando, Cláudio and Leonardo Villas-Bôas; noun in the genitive case..

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

; agua dulce bentopelágico.   Tropical

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