You can sponsor this page

Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus (Müller & Troschel, 1849)

Oxyrhynchus tube-snouted ghost knifefish
Upload your photos and videos
Pictures | Google image
Image of Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus (Oxyrhynchus tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus
Picture by Yuri Hooker/WWF-OPP


Venezuela country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 36886.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Müller & Troschel.

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

; Γλυκού νερού βενθοπελαγικό.   Tropical

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Point map | Εισαγωγές | Faunafri

South America: Venezuela and the Guianas, Brazilian Amazon.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 47.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 36886)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Biology is unknown (Ref. 12225).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής : Albert, James S. | Συνεργάτες

de Santana, C. D. and R.P. Vari, 2010. Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159:223-371. (Ref. 84053)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/1040): Too many connections in /var/www/html/includes/func_getlabel.php on line 46
Can't connect to MySQL database (fbapp). Errorcode: Too many connections