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Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Sternarchorhamphinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhamphus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhamphos = bill (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858) was a German physiologist, ichthyologist and comparative anatomist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Amazon River basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36886)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous (Ref.).
Ortega, H. and R.P. Vari, 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. (437):1-25. (Ref. 6329)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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