Moenkhausia lepidura
Appearance
Moenkhausia lepidura | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Genus: | Moenkhausia |
Species: | M. lepidura
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Binomial name | |
Moenkhausia lepidura (Kner, 1858)
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Synonyms | |
Gymnotichthys hildae Fernández-Yépez, 1950 |
Moenkhausia lepidura is a species of characin found in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins. This species can reach the average length of 9 cm (3.5 in).[1]
References
- ^ Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2016): Reconciling more than 150 years of taxonomic confusion: the true identity of Moenkhausia lepidura, with a key to the species of the M. lepidura group (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 4107 (3): 338-352.