Mormyrus tube-snouted ghost knifefish

Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus

Fifty Four Centimeters Apteronotid Fish of South American Waters

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
South America
Large
Tropical fish

Mormyrus tube-snouted ghost knifefish is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 54 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Neotropical Knifefishes
Family: Apteronotidae
Genus: Sternarchorhynchus
Maximum length: 54 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: South America: mainstream of the Amazon River from Manaus in the central portions of the basin to the vicinity of Iquitos in north-eastern Peru, the Río Negro, and from the Río Orinoco basin in both Venezuela and south-eastern Colombia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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