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  • Leptodoras marki
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Scientific NameLeptodoras marki    Birindelli & Sousa, 2010
Common Name
Type LocalityRio Trairão, Fresco-Xingú basin, tributary of Rio de Ponte, 15 kilometers south of Cumaru do Norte, 7°56'34"S, 50°47'48"W, Cumaru do Norte, Pará, Brazil.
Synonym(s)
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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Size93mm or 3.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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DistributionSouth America
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Upper Xingu, Fresco (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Near Threatened
, a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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BreedingUnreported in the aquarium.
Breeding ReportsThere is no breeding report.
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ReferenceCopeia 2010 (no. 2), pp 293, Fig. A-B.
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Last UpdateThu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am)