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Common Name: banded leporinus
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: The genus Leporinus comprises about 70 nominal species, many needing additional taxonomic study (Vari 1983). Leporinus fasciatus likely represents a species complex. At least ten Leporinus species have been described with color patterns that consist of vertical bars along the body (Géry 1977). See Géry (1977) for color photographs and distinguishing characteristics as well as a general discussion of the L. fasciatus group.
Size: 30 cm SL.
Native Range:
Tropical America. This species complex is widely distributed in South America, from Guiana and the Orinoco region to the La Plata basin (Géry 1977).
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Nonindigenous Occurrences:
Single record from an unspecified location in Florida between 1984 and 1991 (Courtenay et al. 1991). Reported from reservoir on Oahu, Hawaii, in 1984 (Devick 1991a, 1991b). Reported reservoir on island of Oahu (possibly the Wahiawa Reservoir) in 2005 (Mundy 2005).
Means of Introduction: Probable aquarium releases.
Status: Reported from Florida. Population in Hawaii probably extirpated (Mundy 2005).
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Leporinus fasciatus was listed as having been reported from Colorado by Courtenay and Stauffer (1990); however, that record was the result of a publishing error and thus not valid (W. Courtenay, personal communication). There are no known voucher specimens.
Courtenay, W., Jr. - Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. Personal communication.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., D. P. Jennings, and J. D. Williams. 1991. Appendix 2: exotic fishes. Pages 97-107 in Robins, C. R., R. M. Bailey, C. E. Bond, J. R. Brooker, E. A. Lachner, R. N. Lea, and W. B. Scott. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada, 5th edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 20. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., and J. R. Stauffer, Jr.. 1990. The introduced fish problem and the aquarium fish industry. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 21(3):145-159.
Devick, W. S. 1991a. Disturbances and fluctuations in the Wahiawa Reservoir ecosystem. Project F-14-R-15, Job 4, Study I. Division of Aquatic Resources, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. 21 pp.
Devick, W. S. 1991b. Patterns of introductions of aquatic organisms to Hawaiian freshwater habitats. Pages 189-213 in new directions in research, management and conservation of Hawaiian freshwater stream ecosystems. Proceedings of the 1990 symposium on freshwater stream biology and fisheries management, Division of Aquatic Resources, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Géry, J. 1977. Characoids of the world. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Mundy, B. C. 2005. Checklist of Fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology, Number 6.
Vari, R. P. 1983. Phylogenetic relationships of the families Curimatidae, Prochilodontidae, Anostomidae, and Chilodontidae (Pisces: Characiformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 378. 60 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico and Pamela J. Schofield
Revision Date: 4/19/2006 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico and Pamela J. Schofield. 2009. Leporinus fasciatus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=312> Revision Date: 4/19/2006
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