Biblio Entry Summary for Apteronotus ferrarisi
 
Citation de Santana, C.D. and R.P. Vari, 2013, Brown ghost electric fishes of the Apteronotus leptorhynchus species-group (Ostariophysi, Grymnotiformes); monophyly, major clades, and revision.. Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 168(3):564-596.
Ref. 93867 de Santana, C.D. and R.P. Vari, 2013
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Named Used as Valid Apteronotus ferrarisi
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Locality Venezuela, Yaracuy, Río Yaracuy basin (Caribbean coast), Quebrada Guaquira on Hacienda Guaquira, southeast of El Peñon Reservoir, MCNG 55635.
Distribution South America: Venezuela (Río Yaracuy and adjoining Río Aroa).
Quote The report of Apteronotus sp. from the Tocuyo-Yaracuy region by Rodríguez-Olarte et al., 2009 is presumably based on A. ferrarisi, which is the only member of the genus known to occur in those basins.
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