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Japigny kirschbaum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Sternopygidae
Genus:	Japigny Meunier, Jégu & Keith, 2011
Species:	J. kirschbaum
Binomial name
Japigny kirschbaum Meunier, Jégu & Keith, 2011

Japigny kirschbaum is a species of glass knifefish described in 2011 from the Approuague, Mana and Maroni rivers in French Guiana. It is the only member of its genus. It reaches up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in total length and is brownish-dusky with a pattern of dark-and-pale broad bands (a similar pattern exists in Sternopygus astrabes).

Etymology

The knifefish is named in honor of Frank Kirschbaum, of the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was a specialist in gymnotiform fishes because he had spawned and bred several species in the laboratory.

References

1. Meunier, F.J., Jégu, M. & Keith, P. (2011): A new genus and species of neotropical electric fish, Japigny kirschbaum (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae), from French Guiana. Cybium, 35 (1): 47-53.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GYMNOTIFORMES (Neotropical Knifefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

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