Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae Headstanders

Genus: Leporinus

(See list of species below)



Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:

Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m

Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)

Show family drawing(s)



86 species
(see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:

Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 86

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Leporinus acutidens South America 33 TL 1837
Leporinus affinis South America 30 TL 1864
Leporinus agassizii South America 23.4 SL 1876
Leporinus alternus South America 1912
Leporinus amae Parrot Leporinus South America 19.4 TL 1980
Leporinus amazonicus South America 25.3 SL 2008
Leporinus amblyrhynchus South America 27.4 SL 1987
Leporinus apollo South America 13.4 SL 2011
Leporinus arcus Lipstick leporinus South America 40 TL 1912
Leporinus arimaspi South America 19.0 SL 2014
Leporinus aripuanaensis South America 9.3 SL 1981
Leporinus badueli South America 10.5 SL 1948
Leporinus bahiensis South America 1875
Leporinus bimaculatus South America 1855
Leporinus bistriatus South America 13.7 SL 1997
Leporinus bleheri South America 14.2 SL 1999
Leporinus boehlkei South America 15.8 SL 1988
Leporinus britskii South America 10.0 2011
Leporinus brunneus South America 25.6 SL 1950
Leporinus cylindriformis South America 19.9 SL 1929
Leporinus desmotes South America 22 TL 1914
Leporinus ecuadorensis South America 25 TL 1916
Leporinus enyae South America 2017
Leporinus falcipinnis South America 1997
Leporinus fasciatus Banded leporinus South America 37 TL 1794
Leporinus friderici Threespot leporinus South America 40 SL 1794
Leporinus geminis South America 18 SL 2009
Leporinus gomesi South America 16 SL 1981
Leporinus gossei South America 25 SL 1991
Leporinus granti South America 25 1912
Leporinus guttatus South America 12.5 SL 2009
Leporinus holostictus South America 1878
Leporinus jamesi South America 15.5 SL 1929
Leporinus jatuncochi South America 12.2 SL 1971
Leporinus klausewitzi South America 1960
Leporinus lacustris South America 24 TL 1945
Leporinus lebaili South America 1983
Leporinus leschenaulti South America 1850
Leporinus maculatus Spotted leporinus South America 20 TL 1844
Leporinus marcgravii South America 11.9 SL 1875
Leporinus melanopleura Spottail leporinus South America 1864
Leporinus melanopleurodes South America 12.9 SL 2013
Leporinus melanostictus South America 28 SL 1926
Leporinus microphthalmus South America 11.8 SL 1989
Leporinus microphysus South America 12.9 SL 2013
Leporinus moralesi South America 30 TL 1942
Leporinus multifasciatus South America 1878
Leporinus multimaculatus South America 11.1 SL 2016
Leporinus nattereri South America 1876
Leporinus niceforoi South America 12.8 SL 1943
Leporinus nigrotaeniatus Halfline leporinus South America 40 TL 1841
Leporinus nijsseni South America 17 TL 1990
Leporinus octofasciatus South America 31.2 SL 1915
Leporinus octomaculatus South America 12.9 SL 1993
Leporinus ortomaculatus South America 7.8 SL 2000
Leporinus pachyurus South America 1850
Leporinus parae South America 22.9 SL 1907
Leporinus paralternus South America 1914
Leporinus paranensis South America 16 SL 1987
Leporinus parvulus South America 7.7 SL 2013
Leporinus pearsoni South America 1940
Leporinus pellegrinii South America 12 TL 1910
Leporinus piau South America 33.0 FL 1941
Leporinus pitingai South America 31.5 SL 1996
Leporinus platycephalus South America 1935
Leporinus punctatus South America 2000
Leporinus reticulatus South America 13.6 SL 1993
Leporinus santosi South America 13.5 SL 2013
Leporinus sexstriatus South America 8 SL 1980
Leporinus spilopleura South America 26.5 SL 1926
Leporinus steyermarki South America 30 TL 1956
Leporinus striatus South America 25 TL 1858
Leporinus subniger South America 1943
Leporinus taeniatus South America 19 TL 1875
Leporinus taeniofasciatus South America 31.5 SL 1997
Leporinus tigrinus South America 29.8 SL 1929
Leporinus torrenticola South America 14.5 TL 2016
Leporinus trimaculatus South America 23.2 SL 1992
Leporinus tristriatus South America 10.1 SL 2013
Leporinus uatumaensis South America 10.2 SL 1996
Leporinus unitaeniatus South America 12.5 SL 2009
Leporinus vanzoi South America 2005
Leporinus venerei South America 13.6 SL 2008
Leporinus villasboasorum South America 12.8 SL 2017
Leporinus wolfei South America 30 TL 1940
Leporinus y-ophorus South America 1922



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to
Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to
Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013