Yepez? tube-snouted ghost knifefish (Sternarchorhynchus yepezi)

Scientific name: Sternarchorhynchus yepezi de Santana & Vari, 2010

The Yepez? tube-snouted ghost knifefish (Sternarchorhynchus yepezi) is a freshwater fish of the family Apteronotidae. Native range: South America, central portions of the R?o Orinoco basin in Venezuela; possibly extending to the Peruvian Amazon.

Species facts

Scientific name
Sternarchorhynchus yepezi
Family
Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes)
Order
Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
28.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: central portions of the R?o Orinoco basin in Venezuela; possibly extending to the Peruvian Amazon.
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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