Gymnotus chaviro Maxime & Albert, 2009

Family:  Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes), subfamily: Gymnotinae
Max. size:  27.5 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; depth range 1 - 2 m
Distribution:  South America: Peru (upper YuruĆ” basin, Department Ucayali and the Manu and Tampobata rivers of the Madre de Dios basin, Department Madre de Dios).
Diagnosis:  Gymnotus chaviro is unique among members of the G. carapo group (sensu Albert et al., 2004) in having a color pattern composed of oblique, dark, unbroken pigment bands along the length of the body, dark band-pairs with wavy, irregular margins, mainly unbranched or incompletely separated, pale inter-bands rarely reaching to the dorsal midline on the anterior half of the body and crescent-shaped in abdominal area (Ref. 83382).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 April 2014 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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