Scientific Name
Sternarchorhynchus axelrodi
Common Name
Axelrod?s tube-snouted ghost knifefish
Biology
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).