FB-65522 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65522 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Blenniiformes Blenniidae Entomacrodus Entomacrodus solus Williams & Bogorodsky, 2010 2010-05-17 2024-03-20 Birindelli, J.L.O. and L.M. Sousa0 New Species of the Thorny Catfish Genus <i>Leptodoras</i> (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from Rio Fresco, Xingu Basin, Brazil. Copeia 2010(2):292-299. (Ref. 84244) FB-DiagnosticDescr-65531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-05-27 23:06:10 2010-05-27 23:08:49 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65531 Leptodoras marki is distinguished from its congeners by having a large dark submarginal blotch on distal half of dorsal-fin spine and anteriormost dorsal-fin branched rays (vs. dorsal fin hyaline in L. acipenserinus, L. cataniai, L. linnelli, L. myersi, L. nelsoni, L. rogersae, or dorsal fin with basal third to half of dorsal-fin spine and dorsal-fin branched rays blackened, forming a triangular blotch tapered posteriorly in L. copei, L. oyakawai, L. praelongus, or dorsal fin with base of branched rays darkened in L. juruensis); lower labial extension of modified oral hood extending more posteriorly than upper labial extension (vs. upper labial extending posteriorly to lower labial extension in L. acipenserinus, L. cataniai, L. juruensis, L. myersi, L. nelsoni, L. rogersae, or upper and lower labial extensions finishing more or less even in L. hasemani, L. linnelli); relatively few midlateral scutes (34–37 vs. 37–46 per side in all congeners except in L. copei, L. oyakawai, L. praelongus); gas bladder moderately sized, not reduced (vs. reduced in all congeners, except in L. oyakawai); paired bony capsules on anteriormost vertebrae reduced to paired cup-like laminar ossifications separated by a triangular septum (vs. paired bony capsules longitudinally expanded, rounded, and more bulbous, not compressed anteriorly in all congeners, except in L. oyakawai); pair of small, swelling-like diverticula on each side of the anterior chamber of gas bladder (vs. gas bladder with smooth walls, without diverticula in L. oyakawai); a well-developed anterior nuchal plate and parieto-supraoccipital not contacting middle nuchal plate (vs. anterior nuchal plate reduced, permitting contact between parieto-supraoccipital and middle nuchal plate in most specimens of L. praelongus); and nuchal foramina present (vs. absent in medium to large specimens of L. copei, L. hasemani, L. praelongus) (Ref. 84244). Birindelli, J.L.O. and L.M. Sousa 2010 New Species of the Thorny Catfish Genus <i>Leptodoras</i> (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from Rio Fresco, Xingu Basin, Brazil. Copeia 2010(2):292-299. (Ref. 84244) FB-Distribution-65531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-05-27 22:46:06 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65531 South America: Brazil. Known from Rio Fresco basin, a tributary of Rio Xingu (Ref. 84244). Birindelli, J.L.O. and L.M. Sousa 2010 New Species of the Thorny Catfish Genus <i>Leptodoras</i> (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from Rio Fresco, Xingu Basin, Brazil. Copeia 2010(2):292-299. (Ref. 84244) FB-TrophicStrategy-65531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-05-27 22:51:35 2010-05-27 22:51:35 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ marki All recently collected specimens were captured during the dryseason (October), on sandy beaches in relatively shallow(depth less than 2 m) water with moderate current (Ref. 84244). Birindelli, J.L.O. and L.M. Sousa 2010 New Species of the Thorny Catfish Genus <i>Leptodoras</i> (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from Rio Fresco, Xingu Basin, Brazil. Copeia 2010(2):292-299. (Ref. 84244) FB-Size-65531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-05-27 22:23:59 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65531 9.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 84244)) Birindelli, J.L.O. and L.M. Sousa 2010 New Species of the Thorny Catfish Genus <i>Leptodoras</i> (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from Rio Fresco, Xingu Basin, Brazil. Copeia 2010(2):292-299. (Ref. 84244) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-65531 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-05-27 22:23:59 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65531 benthopelagic; freshwater