Apteronotus milesi

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Apteronotus milesi de Santana & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2005

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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).

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Cauca River in Colombia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55976)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Anal soft rays: 130 - 165. Distinguished from other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: body coloration light brown, with fine black pigment spots distributed over the integument (vs. even coloration or mottled in the remaining members of Apteronotus except for A. mariae). Differs from A. mariae by the lower number of anal-fin rays (130-165 vs. 162-180); and absence of or presence of a single paler band encircling the caudal-fin base (Ref. vs. one or two clear bands) (Ref. 55976).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Albert, James S. | Collaborators

de Santana, C.D. and J.A. Maldonado-Ocampo, 2005. Apteronotus milesi, new species of ghost knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Cauca River, with a key to apteronotids from the Magdalena-Cauca basin, Colombia. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 16(3):223-230. (Ref. 55976)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (12 of 100).