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Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1836)

Glass knifefish
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Brazil country information

Common names: Peixe-espada, Pestana, Sarapó
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Occurs in the Amazon River basin, Pardo River in Paraná River basin (Ref. 27745) Uruguay River (Ref. 79585) and Acre River (Ref. 97592). Found in Córrego Barreiro (Ref. 53011). Also Ref. 39524.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Zaniboni Filho, E., S. Meurer, O.A. Shibatta and A.P. de Oliverira Nuñer, 2004
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Chucho, Anguila, Zelenaya nozhetelka, ... more

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes)
Etymology: Eigenmannia: From Eigenmann, 1910, researcher of faunistic studies (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser benthopelagisch; pH range: 6.0 - 7.0; dH range: 2 - 15.   Subtropical; 20°C - 30°C (Ref. 12468)

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