| Family: |
Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes), subfamily: Gymnotinae |
| Max. size: |
10 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Mamirauá lake system near Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil and Rio Napo drainage, Loreto, Peru (Ref. 41292). Reported from the upper Amazon River basin, Brazil (Ref. 36692). |
| Diagnosis: |
Slender body (body depth 6-10% TL versus 11-13) possess 12 pale bands along entire length of body, about as broad as the dark bands on the posterior half of the body, and a thin pale band extending posteroventrally below the eye to the branchial isthmus. |
| Biology: |
Collected in a whitewater floating meadow of the floodplain in the Tefé region (Ref. 41292). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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