Mendes? tube-snouted ghost knifefish (Sternarchorhynchus mendesi)

Scientific name: Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari, 2010

The Mendes? tube-snouted ghost knifefish (Sternarchorhynchus mendesi) is a freshwater fish of the family Apteronotidae. Native range: South America, known only from the R?o San Juan and R?o Guanipa basins of north-eastern Venezuela, both drain into the Golfo de Paria.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sternarchorhynchus mendesi
Family
Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes)
Order
Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
19.2
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: known only from the R?o San Juan and R?o Guanipa basins of north-eastern Venezuela, both drain into the Golfo de Paria.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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