| Citation | Burns, M.D., M. Chatfield, J.L.O. Birindelli and B.L. Sidlauskas, 2017, Systematic assessment of the Leporinus desmotes species complex, with a description of two new species.. Neotropical Ichthyology, 15(2):e160166[1-23]. |
| Ref. | Burns, M.D., M. Chatfield, J.L.O. Birindelli and B.L. Sidlauskas, 2017 |
| Page | e160166[8];fig.2,6-7;tab.3,6 |
| Named Used as Valid | Leporinus villasboasorum |
| Comment | urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EE3C947E-132D-4803-B52E0F59E4572870 |
| Locality | Brazil, Mato Grosso, Campinápolis, rio Culuene, tributary of rio Xingu, at cofferdam of PCH Paranatinga 2, MZUSP 116530. |
| Distribution | South America: Brazil (Xingu and Tapajós rivers). |
| Quote | throughout the middle and upper Xingu drainage (from Volta Grande rapids near Belo Monte, downstream of the city of Altamira in Pará State to the headwaters of the Xingu River in Mato Grosso State) and also occurs in the Teles Pires and Juruena rivers, which are tributaries of the upper Tapajós River, in Mato Grosso State, Brazil |