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  • Leptodoras praelongus
  • Leptodoras praelongus
  • Leptodoras praelongus
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Scientific Name Leptodoras praelongus    (Myers & Weitzman, 1956)
Common Name
Type Locality São Gabriel Rapids, Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil.
Synonym(s) Hassar praelongus
Etymology Leptodoras: From the Greek leptos, meaning slender, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the shape. 
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Size 185mm or 7.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Orinoco, Negro, Tocantins, Amazon, Madeira and Casiquiare river basins.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Down Husbandry Information
Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Down Further Information
Reference Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 7 (no. 1), pp 2, Fig. 1.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:00 (species record created: 2006 Feb 20 00:00)