Leptodoras linnelli

Leptodoras linnelli

Twenty Three Centimeters Catfish from the Amazon Basin

Leptodoras linnelli is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 23 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Leptodoras
Maximum length: 23 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: South America: Upper Orinoco (rios Ventuari and Mavaca) and Casiquiare River basin in Venezuela; Atlantic Coast drainages of the Guianas and northern Brazil such as Essequibo, Demerara and Araguari); the rios Uatumã, Tacutu and Demini in Brazil (Ref. 56896 ). Recently collected from the rio Tiquié basin (right bank tributary of the upper rio Negro) in the Amazonas State and from the upper rio Aripuaña (tributary of the rio Madeira) in Mato Grosso State, Brazil, extending the known distribution of this species into the western limits of the Brazilian Shield (Ref. 79526 ).

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