Steatogenys elegans
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| Species: | S. elegans
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| Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner, 1880)[2]
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Steatogenys elegans, the barred knifefish, is a species of Hypopomidae (bluntnose knifefishes) found in tropical South America. It is the type species of its genus. It is an electric fish found in a wide range of freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo river basins.[3][4] It reaches almost 30 cm (1 ft) in total length.[3]
References[]
- ^ Reis, R . & Lima, F. (2018). "Steatogenys elegans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T167650A6362812. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167650A6362812.en. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ Zur Fisch-Fauna des Cauca und der Flüsse bei Guayaquil. Franz Steindachner Kaiserl.-Königl. Hof-und Staatsdr., 1880
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Steatogenys elegans" in FishBase. April 2018 version.
- ^ Crampton, W.G.R.; D.C. Thorsen; J.S. Albert; N.R. Lovejoy (2004). "Steatogenys ocellatus: A New Species of Neotropical Electric Fish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the Lowland Amazon Basin". Copeia. 2004 (1): 78–91. doi:10.1643/ci-03-072ri. S2CID 85693926.
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