FB-64927 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64927 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Aulopiformes Synodontidae Synodus Synodus fasciapelvicus Randall, 2009 2009-05-20 2010-02-10 Sullivan, J.P.0 <i>Brachyhypopomus bullocki</i>, a new species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from northern South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 158:183-192. (Ref. 81045) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-64937 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2009-05-26 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64937 Inhabits clear, shallow, standing water in open savanna, or savanna mixed with stands of Mauritia palm. Collected in the vegetation along the banks of small pools fed by steams. Occurs inactive during the day among the stems and roots of emergent grasses and sedges. Encountered only in very low conductivity water ( Sullivan, J.P. 2009 <i>Brachyhypopomus bullocki</i>, a new species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from northern South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 158:183-192. (Ref. 81045) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64937 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2009-05-28 00:00:00 2009-05-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64937 Can be distinguished by the following combination of features: elongated caudal filament reaching up to 45% TL in reproductive males; 6-11 wide, evenly spaced saddles of pigment over dorsum connecting to lateral bands; mesocoracoid bone present; large eye, 15.5-19.2% HL; short abdomen, usually with 12 pre-caudal vertebrae (range 11-13); poorly ossified third and fourth (outermost) branchiostegal rays, much enlarged distally, covering distal portions of the first two branchiostegal rays externally and contributing to bulbous appearance of opercular region (Ref. 81045). Sullivan, J.P. 2009 <i>Brachyhypopomus bullocki</i>, a new species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from northern South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 158:183-192. (Ref. 81045) FB-Morphology-64937 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2009-05-28 00:00:00 2009-05-28 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64937 Analsoft rays: 196 - 233 Sullivan, J.P. 2009 <i>Brachyhypopomus bullocki</i>, a new species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from northern South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 158:183-192. (Ref. 81045) FB-Distribution-64937 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2009-05-26 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64937 South America: Orinoco basin in Venezuela and Colombia; rio Branco drainage in Guyana and Brazil, as well as in the upper rio Negro near the mouth of the rio Branco, but is not known from elsewhere in the Amazon system, or in the Guianas. Sullivan, J.P. 2009 <i>Brachyhypopomus bullocki</i>, a new species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from northern South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 158:183-192. (Ref. 81045) FB-Size-64937 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2009-05-26 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64937 22.1 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81045)) Sullivan, J.P. 2009 <i>Brachyhypopomus bullocki</i>, a new species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from northern South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 158:183-192. (Ref. 81045) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-64937 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2009-05-26 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64937 benthopelagic; freshwater