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
Maximum length: 17.8 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: The single known sample of Sternarchogiton zuanoni originated in the rapids and waterfalls of Cachoeira de Kaituká in the Município de Altamira along the lower Rio Xingu in the eastern portions of the Amazon basin (Ref. 83662 ).
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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