| Leporacanthicus joselimai | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypostominae |
| Tribe: | Ancistrini |
| Genus: | Leporacanthicus |
| Species: | L. joselimai |
| Binomial name | |
| Leporacanthicus joselimai Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1989 | |
Leporacanthicus joselimai is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Tapajós River basin. This species grows to a length of 9.8 centimetres (3.9 in) SL.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist José Lima de Figueiredo (b. 1943), of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, who pointed the senior author’s study to the genera now known as Leporacanthicus and Hopliancistrus.
References
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Leporacanthicus joselimai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022: e.T139547864A139547868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T139547864A139547868.pt. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leporacanthicus joselimai". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (23 January 2024). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies HYPOSTOMINAE, RHINELEPINAE and DELTURINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 40.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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