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Brazil country information
Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
live export: yes;
Comments:
Known from the Rio Novo in the middle Rio Negro and from Rio do Peixe in the upper Rio Negro, Paraguay River basin in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Pantanal wetland, western Brazil (Ref. 50581). Type locality: Mato Grosso do Sul. AQUARAP Pantanal 19°36.4'S, 56°24.87'W, Aquidauna, Rio Novo, Brejo de Santa Sofia (Ref. 50581).
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Main Ref:
de Santana, C.D., 2003
National Database:
分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Apteronotus:Greek, apteros = without wings / (in this cases, fins) + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335); caudimaculosus:From the Latin caudi for tail and maculosus for spots, in reference to the spots on the tail (Ref. 50581).
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生态学
臀棘: 0; 臀鳍软条: 146 - 154. Two clear bands encircling the caudal peduncle; first caudal band with irregular dark spots throughout its development (Ref. 50581).
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de Santana, C.D., 2003. Apteronotus caudimaculosus n. sp. (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), a sexually dimorphic black ghost knifefish from the Pantanal, Western Brazil, with a note on the monophyly of A. albifrons species complex. Zootaxa 252:1-11. (Ref. 50581)
