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Sternarchorhynchus severii de, Santana & Nogueira, 2006

Severi’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality, Roraima, Rio Mucajaí, below Cachoeira Paredão, INPA 22893 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus severii, 16.1 cm TL, male). Known only from its type locality (Ref. 84053). Also Ref. 56957.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: de Santana, C.D. and A. Nogueira, 2006
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  severii: Named for William Severi, for his contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyofauna of northeastern Brazil..

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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