Leporinus reticulatus Britski & Garavello, 1993
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Leporinus reticulatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. This fish is found in the Arinos River basin in the Tapajós River drainage in Brazil.
Wikipedia contributors, Leporinus reticulatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:02:02.413442+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leporinus reticulatus Britski & Garavello, 1993
- Name authority
- Britski & Garavello, 1993
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Anostomidae
- Genus
- Leporinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familyAnostomidae Günther, 1864
- subfamilyLeporininae Eigenmann, 1912
- genusLeporinus Agassiz, 1829
- speciesLeporinus reticulatus Britski & Garavello, 1993
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leporinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Leporinus alternus Eigenmann, 1912 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus amazonicus Santos & Zuanon, 2008 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus aripuanaensis Garavello & dos Santos, 1981 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus bistriatus Britski, 1997 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus boehlkei Garavello, 1988 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus britskii Feitosa, Santos & Birindelli, 2011 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus cylindriformis Borodin, 1929 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus falcipinnis Mahnert, Géry & Muller, 1997 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794) | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus guttatus Birindelli & Britski, 2009 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus holostictus Cope, 1878 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leporinus jamesi Garman, 1929 | AnostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Britski, H. A. and J. C. Garavello. (1993). Descrição de duas espécies novas de Leporinus da bacia do Tapajós (Pisces, Characiformes). Comunicações Do Museu de Ciências Da PUCRS, Série Zoologia, v. 6: 29–40. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3TG8K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.