Sternarchorhamphus muelleri is a species of ghost knifefish that occurs in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in tropical South America. It has a long pointed snout and reaches up to about 45 cm (18 in) in total length. It is the only member of the genus Sternarchorhamphus.[1][2]
Sternarchorhamphus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gymnotiformes |
Family: | Apteronotidae |
Genus: | Sternarchorhamphus C. H. Eigenmann, 1905 |
Species: | S. muelleri
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Binomial name | |
Sternarchorhamphus muelleri (Steindachner, 1881)
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Sternarchorhamphus in FishBase. October 2017 version.
- ^ van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-0691170749.