Leporinus enyae Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli & Sidlauskas, 2017
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 enyae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. This species was first described in 2017 from the Orinoco River drainage area. It is named after the Irish singer Enya, whose major music hit "Orinoco Flow" deals with the Orinoco River, among others.
Wikipedia contributors, Leporinus enyae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:01:46.497884+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leporinus enyae Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli & Sidlauskas, 2017
- Name authority
- Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli & Sidlauskas, 2017
- 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 enyae Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli & Sidlauskas, 2017
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.
- Burns, M. D., Chatfield, M., Birindelli, J. L. O., & Sidlauskas, B. L. (2017). Systematic assessment of the Leporinus desmotes species complex, with a description of two new species. Neotropical Ichthyology, 15. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160166 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:D5D92. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.