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Etymology: Gymnotus: Greek, gymnos = naked (Ref. 45335); panamensis: Named for the country Panama (Ref. 49716).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical

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Central America: known only from the type locality, Río Cricamola on the Atlantic slope of western Panama.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.6 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 49716)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 0; Raggi anali molli: 270. Color pattern composed of dark pigment bands on the anterior 2/3 of body which are mottled and blotched with numerous, small (1-2 scales wide), irregularly-formed cream-colored patches, such that the pattern of alternating pale and dark bands is highly obscured (Ref. 49716).

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Campos-da-Paz, Ricardo | Collaboratori

Albert, J.S. and W.G.R. Crampton, 2003. Seven new species of the neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) with a redescription of G. carapo (Linnaeus). Zootaxa 287:1-54. (Ref. 49716)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Gymnotus panamensis Albert & Crampton, 2003