Steatogenys elegans

Steatogenys elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Hypopomidae
Genus: Steatogenys
Species:
S. elegans
Binomial name
Steatogenys elegans
Synonyms
  • Brachyhypopomus elegans (Steindachner, 1880)
  • Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) elegans Steindachner, 1880
  • Steatogenes elegans (Steindachner, 1880)

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

  1. ^ Reis, R . & Lima, F. (2018). "Steatogenys elegans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T167650A6362812. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167650A6362812.en. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ Zur Fisch-Fauna des Cauca und der Flüsse bei Guayaquil. Franz Steindachner Kaiserl.-Königl. Hof-und Staatsdr., 1880
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Steatogenys elegans". FishBase. April 2018 version.
  4. ^ 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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