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Gymnotidae
False Tiger Knifefish
Gymnotus javari
Gymnotid Fish in the Ucayali Basin
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumFalse Tiger Knifefish is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Gymnotidae
- Genus
- Gymnotus
- Maximum length
- 20.1 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Western Amazon, from the Río Amazonas, the lower portions of the Napo, Javari and Ucayali basins.
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