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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Apteronotus: Greek, apteros = without wings / (in this cases, fins) + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335); eschmeyeri: Named in honor of William N. Eschmeyer who greatly contributed to ichthyology with his 'Catalog of Fishes' (Ref. 50571).
Eponymy: Dr William Neil ‘Bill’ Eschmeyer (d: 1939) is an American ichthyologist and taxonomist who is now Curator Emeritus, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco and a Research Associate, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. High altitude

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South America: Magdalena Basin, Rio Bogotá and Rio Luisa in Colombia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 96624)

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Anal soft rays: 160 - 175; Vertebrae: 77. Blotchy coloration on body, clear band from chin to the beginning of the dorsal mid-sagittal electroreceptororgan, two clear bands surrounding caudal peduncle in specimens up to 16.5 cm TL, mouth rictus passing the posterior margin of orbit (Ref. 50571).

Found in slow-flowing waters (Ref. 50571).

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de Santana, C.D., J.A. Maldonado-Ocampo, W. Severi and G.N. Mendes, 2004. Apteronotus eschmeyeri, a new species of ghost knifefish from the Magdalena Basin, Colombia (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Zootaxa 410:1-11. (Ref. 50571)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00309 (0.00151 - 0.00633), b=3.03 (2.84 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).

Apteronotus eschmeyeri de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo, Severi & Mendes, 2004