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  • Pterophyllum leopoldi
  • Pterophyllum leopoldi
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Scientific Name Pterophyllum leopoldi  (Gosse, 1963)
Common Names Leopold's Angelfish
Leopold's Skalar/Angel, Peru, Wild (Germany)
Type Locality Furo du village de Cuia, left bank of Rio Solimões, about 90 kilometers upstreams of the Manacapuru, Brazil.
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Size 50mm or 2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River basin, along the Solimões Amazon River between about Manacapuru and Santarém; Rupununi River in the Essequibo River drainage in Guyana.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo, Rupununi (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique v. 39 (no. 35), pp 4, Pl. 1 (fig. 2).
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Last Update 2014 Oct 02 11:42 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 16:26)