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Leporinus leschenaulti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Genus:	Leporinus
Species:	L. leschenaulti
Binomial name
Leporinus leschenaulti Valenciennes, 1850
Synonyms
Curimatus acutidens Valenciennes, 1837 Leporinus friderici acutidens (Valenciennes, 1837)

Leporinus leschenaulti is a species of anostomid fish. It is found in coastal rivers of French Guiana and northern Brazil.

Etymology

It is named in honor of botanist-ornithologist Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Theodore Leschenault de La Tour (1773–1826), who, along with entomologist Adolphe Jacques Louis Doumerc (1802–1868), provided the type specimen.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leporinus leschenaulti". FishBase. June 2018 version.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

• Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. ; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.

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