| 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: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 September 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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