Leporinus santosi explained

Leporinus santosi is a species of fish in the family Anostomidae. It is found in the lower Tocantins River in Pará state, Brazil.^[1]

Description

Leporinus santosi can reach a standard length of 13.5cm (05.3inches).

Etymology

The species epithet is named in honor of Geraldo Mendes dos Santos, of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia in Manaus, for his contributions to the knowledge of the fish fauna of the lower Tocantins River due to his studies on anostomids and on the impacts of the Tucuruí Dam on the environment.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Britski, H.A. and J.L.O. Birindelli, 2013. A new species of Leporinus Agassiz, 1829 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Tocantins, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 11(1):25-32.
2. Web site: Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE . 24 March 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.