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Sternopygus macrurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Longtail knifefish
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Brazil country information

Common names: Itui, Ituí, Lampreia preta
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Occurs in the Amazon and Sao Francisco River. Recorded from Córrego Barreiro (Ref. 53011), Machado (Ref. 97589) and Acre River basins (Ref. 97592).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Albert, J.S., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes)
Etymology: Sternopygus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, pyge = tail (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

; zoet water benthopelagisch; pH range: 6.0 - 6.5; dH range: 4 - 15.   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059)

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South America: Magdalena River basin; entire extent of the Amazon and Orinoco River basins below approximately 500 m elevation including Napo River of western Ecuador and Madre de Dios River of Peru; all drainages of the Guianas Shield; Atlantic drainages of northeastern Brazil (Tocantins, Parnaíba, Pindaré, Itapicuru, and Salgado rivers); São Francisco River basin; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Paraguay-Paraná River basin.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm 25.0, range 20 - 30 cm
Max length : 141 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 39524)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie | Morfometrie

Anale zachte stralen: 195 - 300

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

Occurs in swamps, creeks, and river with lentic waters. Preys on small invertebrates, particularly the larvae of aquatic insects (Ref. 12225). Breeds before the start of the rainy season (Ref. 10645) or during the rainy season, with a fecundity count of 6473 eggs (Ref. 10643). Males persistently defend their territory and apparently make electric signals (by increased electric organ discharge (EOD) rates and interruptions thereof) to females passing by to draw in a spawning partner (Ref. 10605). Mature females' EODs are of higher frequencies than mature males (Ref. 10645). Plasma androgens modulate the EOD frequency during the breeding season (Ref. 10767). Embryos hatch on day 4; larvae begin to feed on day 11. The electric organ and electroreceptors are both present in the larva at the time of first exogenous feeding (Ref. 10605). Seems to reach sexual maturity at 1 year of age, based on breeding experiments (Ref. 10011).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

Eggs of 3 mm diameter are deposited among plants. Larvae hatch after 4 days and start feeding after 11 days.

Hoofdreferentie Upload your references | Referenties | Coördinator : Albert, James S. | Medewerkers

Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 December 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

  Harmless




Gebruik door de mens

Visserij: commercieel; Aquarium: Commercieel
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Estimates based on models

Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00193 - 0.00471), b=2.82 (2.69 - 2.95), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (84 of 100).
Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.