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Lipstick leporinus

Leporinus arcus

Also known as: Lipstick, Lipstick Headstander

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2022
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@adam3089 · at home(aquarium), United Kingdom · March 20191 / 1
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Overview

Found in pairs, under, and around densely grown weedy areas, over coastal drainage ditches and rivers, of the upper Amazon River Basin.
Widespread South America

Their scientific name means mouth on top because of its rabbit-shaped mouth and two front teeth!

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
pairs

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in pairs, under, and around densely grown weedy areas, over coastal drainage ditches and rivers, of the upper Amazon River Basin.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCharaciformes
    5. familyAnostomidae
    6. genusLeporinus
    7. speciesLeporinus arcus Eigenmann, 1912

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Headstanders (Anostomidae)

    Banded leporinus

    Leporinus fasciatus

    1 photo

    Marbled Headstander

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    2 photos

    Threespot Leporinus

    Leporinus friderici

    1 photo

    Y-striped Leporinus

    Leporinus y-ophorus

    2 photos