| Family: |
Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae |
| Max. size: |
41.7 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Orinoco and Amazon River basins. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal soft rays: 187-215; Vertebrae: 82-84 |
| Biology: |
Specimens collected at Caño Bravo in the Río Apure drainage of Venezuela, from a white water habitat over a substrate of sand and clay covered with leaf litter and at water depths of up to 1.5 m (Ref. 84053). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 14 October 2020 Ref. (130435)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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