Sternarchorhynchus taphorni, Taphorn’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish

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Sternarchorhynchus taphorni de Santana & Vari, 2010

Taphorn’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  taphorni: Named for Donald Taphorn of the Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales..
More on authors: de & SantanaVari.

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

; Γλυκού νερού βενθοπελαγικό. Tropical

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Point map | Εισαγωγές | Faunafri

South America: Peru.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 84053)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής : Albert, James S. | Συνεργάτες

de Santana, C. D. and R.P. Vari, 2010. Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159:223-371. (Ref. 84053)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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