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Scientific Name	**Leptodoras copei** (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)
Common Name
Type Locality	Lagoon along Río Capanaparo, Orinoco drainage, Apure, Venezuela.
Synonym(s)	Anduzedoras copei
Etymology	Leptodoras: 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.
Species Information
Size	142mm or 5.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Capanaparo, upper Orinoco and Negro River basins. Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Capanaparo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Boletin del Instituto Oceanografico Universidad de Oriente Cumana v. 7 (no. 1), pp 31, Fig. 10.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:39 (species record created: 2007 Feb 15 16:44)