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Platyurosternarchus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Apteronotidae
Genus:	Platyurosternarchus Mago-Leccia, 1994

Platyurosternarchus is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo river basins in tropical South America. They are medium-sized knifefish that reach up to 41.5 cm (16.3 in) in total length and have a relatively long, downwards-pointed tubular snout. They are typically found in streams or near the shore of rivers, often among submerged tree trunks and branches over a leaf-covered bottom where they find their invertebrate prey.

Species

There are two currently recognized species:

• Platyurosternarchus crypticus de Santana & Vari, 2009
• Platyurosternarchus macrostomus (Günther, 1870)

References

1. ^ David de Santana, C.; R.P. Vari (2009). "The South American Electric Fish Genus Platyurosternarchus (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae)". Copeia. 2009 (2): 233–244. doi:10.1643/ci-08-082. S2CID 83948178.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Platyurosternarchus". FishBase. October 2017 version.

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