Leptagoniates

Leptagoniates
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Leptagoniates; Boulenger, 1887
Species:	L. steindachneri
Binomial name
	Leptagoniates steindachneri; Boulenger, 1887

Leptagoniates is a genus of fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Leptagoniates steindachneri,^[1] which is found in the Amazon River basin in South America.

Another species, L. pi, has traditionally been placed in this genus, but it was moved to Protocheirodon in 2016.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Vari, R.P., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Protocheirodon, a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known Protocheirodon pi. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (2): e150154.

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