Knodus tanaothoros
Knodus tanaothoros (Weitzman, Menezes, Evers & Burns, 2005)

Family:  Stevardiidae (Stevardiids), subfamily: Diapominae
Max. size: 
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Rio Xingu and Rio Tapajós basins in Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Absence of a conspicuous dark blotch at the humeral region. Scales rows between dorsal-fin origin and anal-fin origin 8-10. Anal-fin gland is not cup-shaped, the upper and lower parts almost equally developed and sometimes separated by a slit in fully mature males (Ref. 81197).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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