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Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchogiton: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, geiton, -onos = neighbour (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Eigenmann & Allen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Río Huallaga, Río Napo and Río Amazonas in Peru and Río Orinoco in Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36886)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Distinguished from all species of Sternarchogiton by having the following characters: dorsal profile of head straight; black margins of the pectoral and anal fins; ossified enlarged canals in the first to fourth infraorbitals; one row of conical teeth on the dentary; and teeth on the premaxilla absent (Ref. 75769).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Mago-Leccia, F., 1994. Electric fishes of the continental waters of America. Fundacion para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales (FUDECI), Biblioteca de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas. Matematicas y Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela. vol. 29 . 206 p. (Ref. 26457)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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