Steatogenys elegans
| Steatogenys elegans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Rhamphichthyidae |
| Genus: | Steatogenys |
| Species: | S. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner, 1880)[2]
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Steatogenys elegans, the barred knifefish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Rhamphichthyidae, the sand knifefishes. This fish is found in tropical South America. It is the type species of its genus. It is an electric fish found in a wide range of freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo river basins.[4][5] It reaches almost 30 cm (1 ft) in total length.[4]
References
- ^ Reis, R.; Lima, F. & Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Steatogenys elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T167650A53826901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T167650A53826901.en. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Zur Fisch-Fauna des Cauca und der Flüsse bei Guayaquil. Franz Steindachner Kaiserl.-Königl. Hof-und Staatsdr., 1880
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Steatogenys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Steatogenys elegans". FishBase. April 2018 version.
- ^ Crampton, W.G.R.; D.C. Thorsen; J.S. Albert; N.R. Lovejoy (2004). "Steatogenys ocellatus: A New Species of Neotropical Electric Fish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the Lowland Amazon Basin". Copeia. 2004 (1): 78–91. doi:10.1643/ci-03-072ri. S2CID 85693926.