Distocyclus guchereauae Meunier, Jégu & Keith, 2014
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 Family:  Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes)
 Max. size:  33.1 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  benthopelagic
 Distribution:  South America: Litany and Tampoc rivers, Maroni drainage in French Guiana.
 Diagnosis:  Anal soft rays: 184-187; Vertebrae: 56-84. Distocyclus guchereauae is distinguished by having grey color with several longitudinal lightly dark lines and the lowest being regularly striped, 13-14 precaudal vertebrae, 184-187 anal-fin rays in the undamaged specimens, a triangular head with a snout short (less than one third of the head length), a terminal mouth and the anus located straight below the eyes (Ref. 97632). Description: no urogenital papilla; no caudal fin (Ref. 97632).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Torres, Armi G. - 22.10.16

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