Sternarchorhynchus goeldii de Santana & Vari, 2010
Goeldi’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish
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 Family:  Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes)
 Max. size:  30.6 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  benthopelagic
 Distribution:  South America: main stream of the Amazon, from the region of Óbidos in Brazil, in the eastern portions of the Amazon basin westwards to north-eastern Peru.
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  In an aquarium environment, this species demonstrated increased activity levels at night, and only sporadic foraging activities in the course of the day (Ref. 84053).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 11.05.10

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