Leporinus bleheri is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. It is found in the Iténez-Guaporé River basin in South America.Géry, J., 1999. A new anostomid species, Leporinus bleheri n. sp., from the Rio Guaporé-Iténez basin, with comments on some related species (Teleostei: Ostariophysi, Characiformes). aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 3(3):105-112.
Description Leporinus bleheri can reach a standard length of .
Etymology The species epithet is named in honor of the explorer and ornamental-fish wholesaler Heiko Bleher (b. 1944), who collected the type specimen.
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