Leporinus

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. The fossil species Leporinus scalabrinii, known from the late Miocene of Entre Ríos in Argentina, has only recently been added to this genus after being misidentified as a species of primate under the name Arrhinolemur scalabrinii for over 100 years.^[2]

Leporinus Temporal range: Late Miocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Leporinus fasciatus
Leporinus friderici
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Subfamily:	Leporininae
Genus:	Leporinus Agassiz, 1829[1]
Type species
Leporinus novemfasciatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829[1]
Synonyms[1]
Leporinops Géry, 1960 Myocharax Fowler, 1914

Leporinus bahiensis

Species

Leporinus enyae

Leporinus maculatus

Leporinus piau

Leporinus villasboasorum

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• 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 scalabrinii (Ameghino, 1898) (fossil; Late Miocene of Argentina)^[2]
• 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

† = extinct

Synonyms

The following species were formerly placed in Leporinus but have since been moved to other genera:^[4]

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