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Sternarchorhynchus axelrodi de, Santana & Vari, 2010

Axelrod’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish
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Brazil country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Goiás: Município de Minaçu/Cavalcante, Rio Tocantins, at future site of Usina Hidroeléctrica Serra da Mesa, MNRJ 31279 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus axelrodi, 44.4 cm TL, male). Collected from the Amazon Basin, Rio Tocantins (upper and lower portions of that river system) Ref. 84053).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: de Santana, C. D. and R.P. Vari, 2010
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Common names from other countries

Axelrod's tube-snouted ghost knifefish, ... more

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  axelrodi: Named for Dr Herbert Axelrod..
  More on authors: de, Santana & Vari.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

; 淡水 底中水层性.   

分布 国家 | FAO区域 | 生态系 | 标本纪录 | Point map | 简介 | Faunafri

South America: Brazil, Amazon Basin, Rio Tocantins (upper and lower portions of that river system).

大小 / 重量 / 年龄

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL 雄鱼/尚未辨别雌雄; (Ref. 84053)

简单描述 检索表 | 型态特徵 | 形态测量图

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: a short gape that terminates posteriorly at, or slightly short of, the vertical through the anterior nares; no scales along the mid-dorsal region of the body as far posteriorly as the origin of the electroreceptive filament; anal-fin rays 200-217 (Ref. 84053).

生物学特性     字汇 (例如 epibenthic)

Inhabits clear water system with the bottom formed by small stones and rocks. Feeds on insects and other aquatic invertebrates (Ref. 84053).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | 繁殖 | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 仔鱼


主要参考文献 Upload your references | 参考文献 | 合作者 : Albert, James S. | 合作者

de Santana, C. D. and R.P. Vari, 2010. Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159:223-371. (Ref. 84053)

世界自然保护联盟红皮书 (Ref. 130435)


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