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Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) >
Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchella: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, diminutive, archos = anus (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico; intervalo de profundidade 2 - 23 m (Ref. 13085). Tropical
South America: Amazon.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.9 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 13085)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following: with a long snout, head length from the tip of the snout to the front of the eye) is 35-38% HL (vs. 24-32 %HL); eyes near the dorsal margin of the head (vs. eyes located on lateral margin of head in all species except S. duccis); maxilla with an enlarged anterior process greater than one-third the length of the descending blade (vs. reduced anterior process and less than one-third the length of descending maxillary blade); a robust oral dentition usually visible externally in mature specimens (vs. obscured dentition in all species except duccis, rex) (Ref. 126780).
Inhabit channels of white-water and black-water rivers (Ref. 13085). Stomach contents indicates that this species feeds on the scales and tails of other electric fishes (based on the presence of
stacked scales, vertebrae and cartilaginous regenerated caudal filament rods) (Ref. 126780).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Evans, K.M., W.G.R. Crampton and J.S. Albert, 2017. Taxonomic revision of the deep channel electric fish genus Sternarchella (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), with descriptions of two new species. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 15(2):1-30. (Ref. 126780)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
