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L091 — Three Beacon Pleco

Named speciesResearch draft

Leporacanthicus triactis (Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico, 1993)

Identity and locality

Leporacanthicus triactis (Isbrücker, Nijssen & Nico, 1993)

Upper Rio Orinoco, Venezuela

Diagnostic evidence and naming

Named species first described from Caño Mavaquita; taxonomic epithet refers to 3 branched anal-fin rays, versus 4 for congeners. Do not conflate with Leporacanthicus galaxias / L029.

Breeding and genetics limitations

Specialist accounts describe captive breeding, but no originally founded aquarium strain or genotype can be inferred.

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