Leporinus Explained

Leporinus is a genus of fish in the family Anostomidae native to South America. The fossil species Leporinus scalabrinii, known from the late Miocene of Entre Ríos in Argentina, has only recently been added to this genus after being misidentified as a species of primate under the name Arrhinolemur scalabrinii for over 100 years.^[1]

Species

There are currently 78 recognized species in this genus:

† = extinct

Synonyms

The following species were formerly placed in Leporinus but have since been moved to other genera:^[2]

• Hypomasticus copelandii was described as Leporinus copelandii
• Hypomasticus steindachneri was described as Leporinus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1907

Notes and References

1. Bogan, S., Sidlauskas, B., Vari, R.P. & Agnolin, F. (2012): Arrhinolemur scalabrinii Ameghino, 1898, of the late Miocene - a taxonomic journey from the Mammalia to the Anostomidae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (3): 555–560.
2. Birindelli. José L. O.. Melo. Bruno F.. Ribeiro-Silva. Luís R.. Diniz. Debora. Oliveira. Claudio. 2020-07-01. A New Species of Hypomasticus from Eastern Brazil Based on Morphological and Molecular Data (Characiformes, Anostomidae). Copeia. 108. 2. 416–425. 10.1643/CI-19-335. 220688066 . 0045-8511.