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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Anostomidae (Headstanders)
Etymology: Leporinus: Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit (Ref. 45335); melanopleurodes: Specific name 'melanopleurodes' is from melanopleura, in reference to Leporinus melanopleura, plus the suffix odes, meaning similar to, in allusion to the similarity between this new species and L. melanopleura. An adjective.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Rio das Almas and rio Jiquiriçá in Bahia, Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93224)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal soft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 37 - 38.

Found in fast flowing rapids with clear water over a rocky bottom densely covered with Podostemaceae (Ref. 93224).

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Birindelli, J.L.O., H.A. Britski and J.C. Garavello, 2013. Two new species of Leporinus Agassiz (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from eastern basins of Brazil, and redescription of L. melanopleura Günther. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):9-23. (Ref. 93224)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Near Threatened (NT) (B1b(iii)); Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Leporinus melanopleurodes Birindelli, Britski & Garavello, 2013