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Procerusternarchus

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Species of fish

Procerusternarchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Hypopomidae
Genus: Procerusternarchus
Cox Fernandes, Nogueira & Alves-Gomes, 2014
Species: P. pixuna
Binomial name
Procerusternarchus pixuna
Cox Fernandes, Nogueira & Alves-Gomes, 2014

Procerusternarchus pixuna is a species of bluntnose knifefish endemic to Amazonas, Brazil where it occurs in several tributaries of the Rio Negro. This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

  1. Cox Fernandes, C., Nogueira, A. & Alves-Gomes, J.A. (2014): Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 163: 95-118.
Taxon identifiers
Procerusternarchus pixuna


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