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    Scientific NameLeptodoras acipenserinus    (Günther, 1868)
    Common Name
    Type LocalityXeberos [Jeberos] near río Aipana, Upper Amazon River, Loreto, Peru.
    Synonym(s)Oxydoras acipenserinus
    EtymologyLeptodoras: From the Greek leptos, meaning slender, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the shape. 
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    Size203mm or 8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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    DistributionSouth America
    Amazon, Upper Amazon, Napo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
    Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Huallaga (click on these areas to find other species found there)
    Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón (click on these areas to find other species found there)
    Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Pastaza (click on these areas to find other species found there)
    Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Upper Madeira (click on these areas to find other species found there)
    Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Madre de Dios (click on these areas to find other species found there)
    Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (Iténez) (click on these areas to find other species found there)
    Amazon, Upper Amazon, Itaya (click on these areas to find other species found there)
    Amazon, Upper Amazon, Nanay (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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    IUCN Red List Category
    Least Concern
    , a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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    BreedingUnreported in the aquarium.
    Breeding ReportsThere is no breeding report.
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    ReferenceAnnals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 1 (no. 6) (art. 56), pp 475.
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    ARN ref:1.12.52.4081
    Last UpdateThu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am)