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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Rio Uneiuxi and Rio Urubaxi, tributaries of the Rio Negro in Amazonas (Ref. 115689).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Peixoto, L.A.W., G.M. Dutra and W.B. Wosiacki, 2015
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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes)
Etymology: Eigenmannia: From Eigenmann, 1910, researcher of faunistic studies (Ref. 45335); matintapereira: Named after Matinta Pereira, the mythical figure that haunts people in search of tobacco and coffee in northern Brazil. According to reports, its appearance is marked by a blackened aspect, an allusion to the colour pattern present in this new species..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

South America: Rio Uneiuxi and Rio Urubaxi, tributaries of the Rio Negro in Amazonas, Brazil.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 115689)

Descrição suscinta Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Raios anais : 216 - 222.

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Albert, James S. | Colaboradores

Peixoto, L.A.W., G.M. Dutra and W.B. Wosiacki, 2015. The electric glass knifefishes of the Eigenmannia trilineata species-group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): monophyly and description of seven new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175:384-414. (Ref. 115689)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

Segura ou pouco preocupante (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 January 2021

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)