Antenor Leitão de Carvalho explained

Antenor Leitão de Carvalho
Birth Date:	15 April 1910
Death Place:	Rio de Janeiro
Fields:	Herpetology, Ichthyology
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Author Abbrev Zoo:	Carvalho
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Antenor Leitão de Carvalho is a Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist, born on 15 April 1910 and died on 11 December 1985 in Rio de Janeiro.

Taxa named in his honor

Hypostomus carvalhoi ^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jaguaribe River basin.^[2]
Pipa carvalhoi
Plecostomus carvalhoi
Discocystus carvalhoi
Bunocephalus carvalhoi
Mecynogea carvalhoi
Micrathena carvalhoi
Carvalhodesmus
Stenostreptus carvalhoi
Tityus carvalhoi
Arndtodesmus carvalhoi
Cynolebias carvalhoi
Cynolebias antenori
Harttia carvalhoi P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1939^[3] – a species of catfish
Icthyocephalus antenori
Amphisbaena carvalhoi ^[4]
Odontophrynus carvalhoi
Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi ^[4]
Syncope antenori
Syncope carvalhoi
Bokermannohyla carvalhoi
Zachaenus carvalhoi
Panopa carvalhoi, 1990^[4]
Dendrophryniscus carvalhoi
Colobosauroides carvalhoi ^[4]

Taxa described

Biography

Nomura, Hitoshi (1993). "A obra científica de Antenor Leitão de Carvalho (1910-1985)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 10 (3): 545–552. (in Portuguese). (texte)

Sources

Biographical information is based on a translation from an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia.

Notes and References

Web site: ITIS - Report: Hypostomus carvalhoi . 2022-08-27 . www.itis.gov.
Web site: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos) . 9 August 2024 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.
Web site: Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE . 6 November 2021 . Scharpf, Christopher . species:Christopher Scharpf . Lazara, Kenneth J. . species:Kenneth J. Lazara . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . 22 September 2018.
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