Leptagoniates

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Leptagoniates
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Aphyocharacinae
Genus: Leptagoniates
Boulenger, 1887 [2]
Species:
L. steindachneri
Binomial name
Leptagoniates steindachneri
Boulenger, 1887 [2]

Leptagoniates is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae. It contains the single species Leptagoniates steindachneri, [3] which is found in the Amazon River basin in Ecuador and Peru. [4]

Another species, L. pi, had traditionally been placed in this genus, but it was moved to Protocheirodon in 2016. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Lima, F. (2023). "Leptagoniates steindachneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T49830508A53818458. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830508A53818458.en . Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Aphyocharacinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 Vari, R.P.; Melo, B.F.; Oliveira, C. (2016). "Protocheirodon, a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known Protocheirodon pi". Neotropical Ichthyology. 14 (2) e150154. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20150154. hdl: 11449/161789 .
  4. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leptagoniates". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 September 2025.
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