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Banded leporinus
Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Characins, piranhas & tetras

Banded leporinus

Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBanded leporinus
DutchZwartgestreepte kopstaander
SpanishMije
Chinese假美国九间
Scientific nameLeporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794)

About this species

Leporinus fasciatus, commonly known as the banded leporinus or the black-banded leporinus, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. L. fasciatus is native to the Amazon Basin in South America, but has been introduced into the US states of Florida and Hawaii. It has not been observed from Hawaii as of 2005; the species is thought to have been extirpated in the region.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderCharaciformes
FamilyAnostomidae
GenusLeporinus

In Suriname

136Records in Suriname
5iNaturalist observations
1784First record
2020Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini70
  • Marowijne2
  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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