Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species


Family: Hypopomidae Bluntnose knifefishes



(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



48 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:

Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 48

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Akawaio penak South America 21.7 TL 2013
Brachyhypopomus alberti South America 11.1 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus arrayae South America 16 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus batesi South America 12.1 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus beebei South America 32 SL 1944
Brachyhypopomus belindae South America 11 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus benjamini South America 13.5 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus bennetti South America 23.2 TL 2013
Brachyhypopomus bombilla South America 15.4 TL 2006
Brachyhypopomus brevirostris Bluntnose knifefish South America 34.7 TL 1868
Brachyhypopomus bullocki South America 22.1 TL 2009
Brachyhypopomus cunia South America 17.6 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus degy South America 10.5 OT 2021
Brachyhypopomus diazae South America 17.5 TL 1972
Brachyhypopomus draco South America 15.2 OT 2008
Brachyhypopomus flavipomus South America 11.7 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus gauderio South America 14.9 SL 2009
Brachyhypopomus hamiltoni South America 12.5 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus hendersoni South America 20.3 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus janeiroensis South America 18.6 TL 1992
Brachyhypopomus jureiae South America 2003
Brachyhypopomus menezesi South America 11.9 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus occidentalis Central and South America 17.5 TL 1914
Brachyhypopomus palenque South America 20.3 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus South America 18.6 TL 1991
Brachyhypopomus provenzanoi South America 11 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus regani South America 15.6 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus sullivani South America 15.2 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus verdii South America 12 TL 2017
Brachyhypopomus walteri South America 17.5 TL 2013
Hypopomus artedi South America 50 SL 1856
Hypopygus benoneae South America 9.2 TL 2013
Hypopygus hoedemani Hoedeman's Hypopygus South America 5.9 TL 2011
Hypopygus isbruckeri Isbrücker's Hypopygus South America 9 TL 2011
Hypopygus lepturus South America 10 TL 1962
Hypopygus minissimus South America 6.2 TL 2011
Hypopygus neblinae South America 12.2 TL 1994
Hypopygus nijsseni Nijssen's Hypopygus South America 9.6 TL 2011
Hypopygus ortegai Ortega's Hypopygus South America 11.4 TL 2011
Hypopygus varii South America 2018
Microsternarchus bilineatus South America 12 TL 1968
Microsternarchus brevis South America 5.3 TL 2015
Procerusternarchus pixuna South America 13.8 TL 2014
Racenisia fimbriipinna South America 11.7 TL 1994
Steatogenys duidae South America 20.9 TL 1929
Steatogenys elegans Barred knifefish South America 29.4 TL 1880
Steatogenys ocellatus South America 40.5 TL 2004
Stegostenopos cryptogenes South America 9.8 TL 1997



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013