Klassifizierung / Names
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Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) >
Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes)
Etymology: Japigny: Named for the river Japigny, a tributary of Approuague River in French Guiana, where the species was first found. Defined as feminine noun.; kirschbaum: Named for Dr. Frank Kirschbaum, a specialist of Gymnotiform fishes who has obtained experimental spawning and breeding of several gymnotid species. A noun in apposition..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser benthopelagisch. Tropical
South America: French Guiana in Approuague, Mana and Maroni rivers.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 86967)
Kurzbeschreibung
Morphologie | Morphometrie
Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 132 - 164; Wirbelzahl: 70 - 82. Can be distinguished by having the following characters: seven to eight dark and clear alternating wide vertical bands on body; a foramen in the scapula; 14-15 precaudal vertebrae; 132-164 anal-fin rays (vs. more than 160 in all known Sternopygids); snout short (less than one third heald length); and mouth subterminal (Ref. 86967).
Caught with Anostomus brevior and Cynopotamus essequibensis (Ref. 86967).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
Meunier, F.J., C. Jégu and P. Keith, 2011. A new genus and species of neotropical electric fish, Japigny kirschbaum (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae), from French Guiana. Cybium 35(1):47-53. (Ref. 86967)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
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