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Sternarchorhamphus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Apteronotidae
Genus: Sternarchorhamphus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1905
Species: S. muelleri
Binomial name
Sternarchorhamphus muelleri
(Steindachner, 1881)

Sternarchorhamphus muelleri is a species of ghost knifefish that occurs in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in tropical South America. It has a long pointed snout and reaches up to about 45 cm (18 in) in total length. It is the only member of the genus Sternarchorhamphus.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sternarchorhamphus". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-0691170749.
Taxon identifiers
Sternarchorhamphus
Sternarchorhamphus muelleri


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