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Sternarchogiton preto de Santana & Crampton, 2007 |
| Family: | Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae | |||
| Max. size: | 21.3 cm SL (male/unsexed); 21.7 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Brazilian and northeastern Peruvian Amazon and Venezuelan Orinoco basins. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Distinguished from all congeners by having the following characters: very dark brown or purplish black live body coloration; black pectoral-, anal- and caudal-fin membranes; premaxilla with 5 long conical teeth; one row of conical teeth pointing toward the inside of the mouth of dentary; fusion of the supracleithrum and posttemporal; anterior portion of coracoid falling short of the anterior edge of the cleithrum; absence of a prominent tri-lobed structure on the lower lip (Ref. 75769). | |||
| Biology: | Found only in channels and major side branches of large whitewater and blackwater rivers (Ref. 75769). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||