Leporinus

Leporinus
	Leporinus fasciatus
	Leporinus friderici
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Subfamily:	Leporininae
Genus:	Leporinus; Agassiz, 1829
Type species
	Leporinus novemfasciatus; Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Synonyms
	Leporinops Géry, 1960 ; Myocharax Fowler, 1914 ;

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 Steindachner, 1875
Hypomasticus steindachneri was described as Leporinus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1907

References

1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leporininae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leporinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
↑ 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. doi:10.1643/CI-19-335. hdl:11449/195539. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 220688066.

[Cof_family-1] 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leporininae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2025.

[Cof_genus-2] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leporinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

[3] 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. doi:10.1643/CI-19-335. hdl:11449/195539. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 220688066.

Leporinus

Leporinus fasciatus

Leporinus friderici
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Subfamily:	Leporininae
Genus:	Leporinus Agassiz, 1829
Type species
Leporinus novemfasciatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Synonyms
Leporinops Géry, 1960 Myocharax Fowler, 1914