Sternarchorhynchus villasboasi de Santana & Vari, 2010 Villasboas' tube-snouted ghost knifefish |
Family: | Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae | |||
Max. size: | 13.6 cm TL (male/unsexed); 13.5 cm TL (female) | |||
Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
Distribution: | South America: Brazil. | |||
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Biology: | Little information is available about the type locality other than that it was a rapids area in the Rio Xingu, Brazil (Ref. 84053). | |||
IUCN Red List Status: | Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (D2) Ref. (130435) | |||
Threat to humans: | harmless |