Leporinus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. The fishes in this genus are found in South America.
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
Leporinus acutidens (Valenciennes, 1837) Leporinus affinis Günther, 1864 Leporinus agassizii Steindachner, 1876 Leporinus altipinnis Borodin, 1929 Leporinus amae Godoy (pt), 1980 Leporinus amazonicus G. M. dos Santos & Zuanon, 2008 Leporinus amblyrhynchus Garavello & Britski, 1987 Leporinus apollo Sidlauskas, Mol & Vari, 2011 Leporinus arimaspi Burns, Frable & Sidlauskas, 2014 Leporinus aripuanaensis Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1981 Leporinus bahiensis Steindachner, 1875 Leporinus bistriatus Britski, 1997 Leporinus bleheri Géry, 1999 Leporinus boehlkei Garavello, 1988 Leporinus britskii Feitosa, G. M. dos Santos & Birindelli, 2011 Leporinus brunneus G. S. Myers, 1950 Leporinus cylindriformis Borodin, 1929 Leporinus desmotes Fowler, 1914 Leporinus ecuadorensis C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1916 Leporinus enyae Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli, & Sidlauskas 2017 Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794) Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794) Leporinus geminis Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 2009 Leporinus gossei Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991 Leporinus guttatus Birindelli & Britski, 2009 Leporinus inexpectatus Britski, Garavello, Oliveira & Birindelli, 2024 Leporinus jamesi Garman, 1929 Leporinus jatuncochi Ovchynnyk, 1971 Leporinus julii (dos Santos, Jégu & A. C. Lima, 1996) Leporinus klausewitzi Géry, 1960 Leporinus lacustris Amaral Campos, 1945 Leporinus leschenaulti Valenciennes, 1850 Leporinus lignator Boaretto, Ohara, Souza-Shibatta & Birindelli, 2025 Leporinus maculatus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844 Leporinus marcgravii Lütken, 1875 Leporinus melanopleura Günther, 1864 Leporinus melanopleurodes Birindelli, Britski & Garavello, 2013 Leporinus microphthalmus Garavello, 1989 Leporinus microphysus Birindelli & Britski, 2013 Leporinus moralesi Fowler, 1942 Leporinus multimaculatus Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski, 2016 Leporinus niceforoi Fowler, 1943 Leporinus nigrotaeniatus (Jardine, 1841) Leporinus octofasciatus Steindachner, 1915 Leporinus octomaculatus Britski & Garavello, 1993 Leporinus oliveirai Ito, Souza-Shibatta, Venturieri & Birindelli, 2023 Leporinus ortomaculatus Garavello, 2000 Leporinus pachycheilus (Britski, 1976) Leporinus parae C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 Leporinus paranensis Garavello & Britski, 1987 Leporinus parvulus Birindelli, Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2013 Leporinus pearsoni Fowler, 1940 Leporinus piau Fowler, 1941 Leporinus pitingai G. M. dos Santos & Jégu, 1996 Leporinus punctatus Garavello, 2000 Leporinus reticulatus Britski & Garavello, 1993 Leporinus sexstriatus Britski & Garavello, 1980 Leporinus sidlauskasi Britski & Birindelli, 2019 Leporinus spilopleura Norman, 1926 Leporinus steyermarki R. F. Inger, 1956 Leporinus subniger Fowler, 1943 Leporinus taeniatus Lütken, 1875 Leporinus taeniofasciatus Britski, 1997 Leporinus tigrinus Borodin, 1929 Leporinus trimaculatus Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1992 Leporinus tristriatus Birindelli & Britski, 2013 Leporinus unitaeniatus Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 2009 Leporinus villasboasorum Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli & Sidlauskas, 2017 Leporinus vanzoi Britski & Garavello, 2005 Leporinus venerei Britski & Birindelli, 2008 Leporinus yophorus C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
Synonyms The following species were formerly placed in Leporinus but have since been moved to other genera:
Hypomasticus copelandii was described as Leporinus copelandii Hypomasticus steindachneri was described as Leporinus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
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