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Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchella: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, diminutive, archos = anus (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Deep-water
South America: Orinoco River basin.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 126780)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following: sub-terminal mouth (vs. terminal or superior in all other species except S. sima); small interorbital distance, 17-21% HL (vs. 19-25% HL in S. sima; shared with calhamazon, patriciae); long tail with caudal peduncle length more than head length (vs. 23-93% HL in all other species) (Ref. 126780).
Found in deep river channels and most commonly collected in the Amacuro estuary and Llanos floodplains (Ref. 126780).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Evans, K.M., W.G.R. Crampton and J.S. Albert, 2017. Taxonomic revision of the deep channel electric fish genus Sternarchella (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), with descriptions of two new species. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 15(2):1-30. (Ref. 126780)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).