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Ecological Illustration of Cave Knifefish (Eigenmannia vicentespelaea)
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Sternopygidae

Cave Knifefish

Eigenmannia vicentespelaea

Sternopygid Fish Reaching Twenty Point Eight Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Cave Knifefish is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Neotropical Knifefishes
Family
Sternopygidae
Genus
Eigenmannia
Water type
Freshwater
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