Sternarchella
| Sternarchella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Apteronotidae |
| Genus: | Sternarchella C. H. Eigenmann, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Sternarchus schotti Steindachner, 1868 | |
Sternarchella is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in tropical South America.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Sternarchella calhamazon Lundberg, Cox Fernandes, Campos-da-Paz & Sullivan, 2013[2]
- Sternarchella curvioperculata Godoy (pt), 1968
- Sternarchella orthos Mago-Leccia, 1994
- Sternarchella schotti (Steindachner, 1868)
- Sternarchella sima Starks, 1913
- Sternarchella terminalis (C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Sternarchella in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- 1 2 Lundberg, J.G., Cox Fernandes, C., Campos-Da-Paz, R. & Sullivan, J.P. (2013): ';Sternarchella calhamazon n. sp., the Amazon’s most abundant species of apteronotid electric fish, with a note on the taxonomic status of Sternarchus capanemae Steindachner, 1868 (Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 162: 157-173.
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