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Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335); goeldii: Named for Emilio Goeldi, who made many contributions to the knowledge of many groups of Amazonian animals including fishes.
Eponymy: Emil August Goeldi (1859–1917) was a Swiss-Brazilian naturalist and zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: de & SantanaVari.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical
South America: main stream of the Amazon, from the region of Óbidos in Brazil, in the eastern portions of the Amazon basin westwards to north-eastern Peru.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.6 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 84053)
In an aquarium environment, this species demonstrated increased activity levels at night, and only sporadic foraging activities in the course of the day (Ref. 84053).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00355 (0.00145 - 0.00867), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-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 (21 of 100).