Spottail leporinus (Leporinus melanopleura)

Scientific name: Leporinus melanopleura G?nther, 1864

The Spottail leporinus (Leporinus melanopleura) is a freshwater fish of the family Anostomidae. Native range: South America, Cip? River basin, Bahia, Brazil.

Species facts

Scientific name
Leporinus melanopleura
Family
Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Order
Characiformes (Characins)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: Cip? River basin, Bahia, Brazil.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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