Platyurosternarchus

Platyurosternarchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Apteronotidae
Genus: Platyurosternarchus

Platyurosternarchus is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo river basins in tropical South America.[1] They are medium-sized knifefish that reach up to 41.5 cm (16.3 in) in total length and have a relatively long, downwards-pointed tubular snout.[1] They are typically found in streams or near the shore of rivers, often among submerged tree trunks and braches over a leaf-covered bottom where they find their invertebrate prey.[1]

Species

There are two currently recognized species:[2]

  • Platyurosternarchus crypticus de Santana & Vari, 2009
  • Platyurosternarchus macrostomus (Günther, 1870)

References

  1. 1 2 3 David de Santana, C.; R.P. Vari (2009). "The South American Electric Fish Genus Platyurosternarchus (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae)". Copeia. 2009 (2): 233–244.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). Species of Platyurosternarchus in FishBase. October 2017 version.


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