Sternarchorhynchus hagedornae de Santana & Vari, 2010
Hagedorn’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish

Family:  Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae
Max. size:  24.9 cm TL (male/unsexed); 20.6 cm TL (female)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Peru.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  The type locality of this species in Quebrada Pachija, was described as an open-gallery, high flow stream with a flow of 0.748 m/s, a mean stream depth of 0.397 ± 0.059 m, and a mean stream width of 19.1 ± 1.0 m. It was also observed t in the fastest flowing water sampled; where most adult specimens were captured from a single rocky rapids. These collections also yielded numerous fry and small juveniles from within floating debris along the fast-flowing edges of the Río Manu, however, identification of these samples still to be confirmed (Ref. 84053).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 April 2014 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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