 Summary of leporacanthicus |
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| Pronounced | lepor ah KAN thi cuss |
| Etymology | Latin, lepus, leporis = rabbit + Greek, akantha = thorn. |
| Identification | All Leporacanthicus spp. have a small backwards facing slightly proud blunt thorn-like plate on top of their heads. |
| Size | Smallest 98mm, largest 300mm, average 221mm, most commonly 250mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 14 "species" in the database |
| Keepers | 2 species (14%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| New spp. / time |  | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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| Distribution |
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| Most Kept Species |
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| 1. | (50%) |
| 2. | (50%) |
| Genus Thumbnails |
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/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/cf_galaxias%60venezuela%60/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus cf. galaxias`venezuela` - Click for species page")
L. cf. galaxias`venezuela`
(i:7, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/cf_galaxias%28l007%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus cf. galaxias(l007) - Click for species page")
L. cf. galaxias(l007)
(i:14, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/cf_galaxias%28l240%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus cf. galaxias(l240) - Click for species page")
L. cf. galaxias(l240)
(i:24, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/cf_galaxias%28l241%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus cf. galaxias(l241) - Click for species page")
L. cf. galaxias(l241)
(i:20, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/cf_galaxias%28l294%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus cf. galaxias(l294) - Click for species page")
L. cf. galaxias(l294)
(i:2, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/galaxias/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus galaxias - Click for species page")
L. galaxias
(i:15, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/heterodon/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus heterodon - Click for species page")
L. heterodon
(i:24, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/joselimai/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus joselimai - Click for species page")
L. joselimai
(i:17, k:1)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/sp%281%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus sp. (1) - Click for species page")
L. sp. (1)
(i:13, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/sp%28l263%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus sp. (L263) - Click for species page")
L. sp. (L263)
(i:15, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/sp%28l314%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus sp. (L314) - Click for species page")
L. sp. (L314)
(i:3, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/sp%28l326%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus sp. (L326) - Click for species page")
L. sp. (L326)
(i:6, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/sp%28l473%29/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus sp. (L473) - Click for species page")
L. sp. (L473)
(i:21, k:0)/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/triactis/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus triactis - Click for species page")
L. triactis
(i:26, k:1)
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/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/triactis/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus triactis")
/siluriformes/loricariidae/leporacanthicus/joselimai/1.jpg "Leporacanthicus joselimai")