# Leporinus

Leporinus is a genus of fish in the family Anostomidae native to South America. The fossil species Leporinus scalabrinii, known from the late Miocene of Entre Ríos in Argentina, has only recently been added to this genus after being misidentified as a species of primate under the name Arrhinolemur scalabrinii for over 100 years.

## Species

There are currently 78 recognized species in this genus:
* Leporinus acutidens (Valenciennes, 1837)
* Leporinus affinis Günther, 1864
* Leporinus agassizii Steindachner, 1876
* Leporinus altipinnis Borodin, 1929
* Leporinus amae Godoy (pt), 1980
* Leporinus amazonicus G. M. dos Santos & Zuanon, 2008
* Leporinus amblyrhynchus Garavello & Britski, 1987
* Leporinus apollo Sidlauskas, Mol & Vari, 2011
* Leporinus arcus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
* Leporinus arimaspi Burns, Frable & Sidlauskas, 2014
* Leporinus aripuanaensis Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1981
* Leporinus bahiensis Steindachner, 1875
* Leporinus bimaculatus Castelnau, 1855
* Leporinus bistriatus Britski, 1997
* Leporinus bleheri Géry, 1999
* Leporinus boehlkei Garavello, 1988
* Leporinus britskii Feitosa, G. M. dos Santos & Birindelli, 2011
* Leporinus brunneus G. S. Myers, 1950
* Leporinus cylindriformis Borodin, 1929
* Leporinus desmotes Fowler, 1914
* Leporinus ecuadorensis C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1916
* Leporinus enyae Burns, Chatfield, Birindelli, & Sidlauskas 2017
* Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794)
* Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794)
* Leporinus geminis Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 2009
* Leporinus gomesi Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1981
* Leporinus gossei Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991
* Leporinus granti C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
* Leporinus guttatus Birindelli & Britski, 2009
* Leporinus jamesi Garman, 1929
* Leporinus jatuncochi Ovchynnyk, 1971
* Leporinus klausewitzi Géry, 1960
* Leporinus lacustris Amaral Campos, 1945
* Leporinus lebaili Géry & Planquette, 1983
* Leporinus leschenaulti Valenciennes, 1850
* Leporinus maculatus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844
* Leporinus marcgravii Lütken, 1875
* Leporinus melanopleura Günther, 1864
* Leporinus melanopleurodes Birindelli, Britski & Garavello, 2013
* Leporinus melanostictus Norman, 1926
* Leporinus microphthalmus Garavello, 1989
* Leporinus microphysus Birindelli & Britski, 2013
* Leporinus moralesi Fowler, 1942
* Leporinus multifasciatus Cope, 1878
* Leporinus multimaculatus Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski, 2016
* Leporinus muyscorum (Steindachner, 1900)
* Leporinus nattereri Steindachner, 1876
* Leporinus niceforoi Fowler, 1943
* Leporinus nigrotaeniatus (Jardine, 1841)
* Leporinus nijsseni Garavello, 1990
* Leporinus octofasciatus Steindachner, 1915
* Leporinus octomaculatus Britski & Garavello, 1993
* Leporinus ortomaculatus Garavello, 2000
* Leporinus pachyurus Valenciennes, 1850
* Leporinus parae C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
* Leporinus paranensis Garavello & Britski, 1987
* Leporinus parvulus Birindelli, Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2013
* Leporinus pearsoni Fowler, 1940
* Leporinus piau Fowler, 1941
* Leporinus pitingai G. M. dos Santos & Jégu, 1996
* Leporinus platycephalus Meinken, 1935
* Leporinus punctatus Garavello, 2000
* Leporinus reticulatus Britski & Garavello, 1993
* Leporinus santosi Britski & Birindelli, 2013
* †Leporinus scalabrinii (Ameghino, 1898)
* Leporinus sexstriatus Britski & Garavello, 1980
* Leporinus sidlauskasi Britski & Birindelli, 2019
* Leporinus spilopleura Norman, 1926
* Leporinus steyermarki R. F. Inger, 1956
* Leporinus striatus Kner, 1858
* Leporinus subniger Fowler, 1943
* Leporinus taeniatus Lütken, 1875
* Leporinus taeniofasciatus Britski, 1997
* Leporinus tigrinus Borodin, 1929
* Leporinus torrenticola Birindelli, Teixeira & Britski, 2016
* Leporinus trimaculatus Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 1992
* Leporinus tristriatus Birindelli & Britski, 2013
* Leporinus unitaeniatus Garavello & G. M. dos Santos, 2009
* Leporinus villasboasorum Burns et al., 2017
* Leporinus vanzoi Britski & Garavello, 2005
* Leporinus venerei Britski & Birindelli, 2008
* Leporinus yophorus C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
† = extinct

## Synonyms

The following species were formerly placed in Leporinus but have since been moved to other genera:
* Hypomasticus copelandii was described as Leporinus copelandii Steindachner, 1875
* Hypomasticus steindachneri was described as Leporinus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1907