Gymnotus chaviro

Gymnotus chaviro Maxime & Albert, 2009

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes) > Gymnotinae
Etymology: Gymnotus: Greek, gymnos = naked (Ref. 45335); chaviro: From the common name for Gymnotus in the language of the Asheninka indigenous people (Arawak/Maipurean language family). A noun in apposition.

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

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 1 - 2 m (Ref. 83382). Tropical; 25°C - ? (Ref. 83382); 9°S - 10°S, 72°W - 73°W

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South America: Peru (upper Yuruá basin, Department Ucayali and the Manu and Tampobata rivers of the Madre de Dios basin, Department Madre de Dios).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83382)

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Gymnotus chaviro is unique among members of the G. carapo group (sensu Albert et al., 2004) in having a color pattern composed of oblique, dark, unbroken pigment bands along the length of the body, dark band-pairs with wavy, irregular margins, mainly unbranched or incompletely separated, pale inter-bands rarely reaching to the dorsal midline on the anterior half of the body and crescent-shaped in abdominal area (Ref. 83382).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

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Maxime, E.L. and J.S. Albert, 2009. A new species of Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) from the Fitzcarrald Arch of southeastern Peru. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 7(4):579-585. (Ref. 83382)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 April 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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