Leporinus Enyae

📖 Overview

Leporinus Enyae (Leporinus enyae) is a ray-finned fish of the family Anostomidae. It inhabits freshwater waters. This species can reach a maximum total length of 18.1 cm. With a trophic level of 2.4, it is an omnivore, consuming both plant and animal matter. It is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

This species is distinguished from its congeners except desmotes, jatuncochi, villasboasorum by having a long, pointed, laterally compressed and upward curving symphyseal dentary teeth (vs. the more truncate conical or incisiform teeth typical of other members of this genus; differs from bleheri, desmotes, jatuncochi, villasboasorum, yophorus by its color pattern consisting of 9 dark bars on the head and body, some of which fork dorsally or ventrally, the fifth of which continues onto the dorsal and pelvic fins (vs. various other color patterns); differs from jatuncochi and some specimens of desmotes by having 16 circumpeduncular scales (vs. 14); differs villasboasorum and specimens of desmotes with 16 circumpeduncular scales by having the dark bar immediately anterior of the dorsal fin undivided or barely divided dorsally (vs. well-divided dorsally) .Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Leporinus Enyae is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Leporinus Enyae is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Leporinus Enyae is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical South America: Brazil and Venezuela.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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