Sternarchorhynchus britskii Campos-da-Paz, 2000
Britski’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish

Family:  Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae
Max. size:  26.1 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Parana River basin.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 166-178; Vertebrae: 80-90. Distinguished by its congeners by the following combination of features: length from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the anal-fin base 92.4-94.4 %TL; mouth length 5.9-7.3 %HL; distance between anterior and posterior nares 2.6-3.1 %HL; eye diameter 3.1-4.1 %HL; postocular distance 40.0-44.4 %HL; pectoral fin length 35.5-41.3 %HL; scales always present above lateral line along anterodorsal region of body; unbranched anterior anal-fin rays 18-22; a white to yellowish white (sometimes indistinct) band on frontal portion of head and middorsum; and pectoral and anal fins hyaline to translucent, without dark distal margins; small ellipsoid caudal fin with 13-15 rays (Ref. 36352).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 18 May 2022 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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