Moenkhausia lepidura

Moenkhausia lepidura
Moenkhausia lepidura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Genus: Moenkhausia
Species:
M. lepidura
Binomial name
Moenkhausia lepidura
(Kner, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Gymnotichthys hildae Fernández-Yépez, 1950
  • Knodus calliurus Ahl, 1931
  • Tetragonopterus lepidurus Kner, 1858

Moenkhausia lepidura is a species of characin found in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins. This species can reach the average length of 9 cm (3.5 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ Lima, F. (2023). "Moenkhausia lepidura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T187112A1823299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T187112A1823299.en. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ Marinho, M.M.F.; Langeani, F. (2016). "Reconciling more than 150 years of taxonomic confusion: the true identity of Moenkhausia lepidura, with a key to the species of the M. lepidura group (Characiformes: Characidae)". Zootaxa. 4107 (3): 338–352. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.3. PMID 27394824.


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