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Racenisia fimbriipinna Mago-Leccia, 1994 |
| Family: | Hypopomidae (Bluntnose knifefishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 11.7 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: known only from localities around San Fernando de Atabapo and San Carlos de Rio Negro, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal soft rays: 171-193; Vertebrae: 94-97. Body abruptly attenuated caudally; 23 precaudal vertebrae; cranium higher than in other members of the family; anal rays covered by a thick tissue, giving an undulated shape to the anal fin; basibranchials not ossified (cartilaginous matrices); tail about 1/5 of anal fin base; lateral line incomplete; no scalation on dorsoanteriorly and middorsally. | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 September 2020 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||