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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.
Synonym(s)	Plataxoides leopoldi
Species Information
Size	50mm or 2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
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) 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 Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
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	2025 Jan 01 12:44 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 16:26)