Rhamphichthyidae

Bow knifefish

Rhamphichthys drepanium

Forty Five Centimeters Rhamphichthyid Fish from the Amazon Basin

• Tropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South America
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Bow knifefish is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.