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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Rhamphichthyidae (Sand knifefishes)
Etymology: Rhamphichthys: Greek, rhamphos = bill, peak + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); drepanium: drepanium to refer to the sickle-shaped pattern of the upper part of the oblique transversal dark bars of the body (Ref. 35403).

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Amazon, and Orinoco basins.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35403)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0. Swim-bladder in adults reduced to a small narrow tube-like body generally thick-walled; oblique transversal dark bars interrupted dorsally, not crossing or reaching the sagittal line, the upper extremities of these bars being widened resembling the form of a small sickle. Anal fin rays 308-417; no caudal fin (Ref. 30543).

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Triques, M.L., 1999. Three new species of Rhamphichthys Müller et Troschel, 1846 (Ostariophysi: Gymnnotiformes: Rhamphichthyidae). Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 26(1-2):1-6. (Ref. 35403)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 November 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00263 (0.00101 - 0.00685), b=3.05 (2.82 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).

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