Sternarchogiton zuanoni

Sternarchogiton zuanoni

Fish Reaching Seventeen Point Eight Centimeters in the Brazilian Coast

Red
Tropical
Lower river
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Sternarchogiton zuanoni is a species of weakly electric, freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Apteronotidae, the ghost knifefishes. This species is known only from a single locality in Brazil.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Neotropical Knifefishes
Family: Apteronotidae
Genus: Sternarchogiton
Water type: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated