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Sternarchogiton

Genus of fishes

Summary

Genus of fishes

Sternarchogiton is a genus of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae, all living in the main channel of large rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.

They have a blunt snout and depending on the exact species reach up to 20-40 cm in total length. Sternarchogiton are distinguished from other apteronotid genera by details of the skull and the broad descending blades of the pterygiophores in the anal fin. They are related to the genera Adontosternarchus and Porotergus.

Species

Sternarchogiton contains the following valid species:

  • Sternarchogiton labiatus de Santana & Crampton, 2007
  • Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner, 1868)
  • Sternarchogiton porcinum C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942
  • Sternarchogiton zuanoni de Santana & Vari, 2010

References

References

  1. {{Cof family
  2. {{FishBase genus. (2024)
  3. (2017). "Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas". Princeton University Press.
  4. (2017)
  5. de Santana, C.D.. (2007). "Revision of The Deep-channel Electric Fish Genus ''Sternarchogiton'' (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae)". Copeia.
  6. {{Cof genus
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