Sternarchorhynchus caboclo  de Santana & Nogueira, 2006

Cabocolo tube-snouted ghost knifefish
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes)
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  caboclo: Named for the caboclos (in Brazilian Portuguese means a person of mixed Brazilian Indian and European or African ancestry) of north of Brazil, whose field knowledge has contributed greatly to an understanding of Neotropical ichthyofauna.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56957)

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South America: Brazil.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Specimens were collected above and below a waterfall along the Rio Mucajaí. The river in that region was characterized by steep banks and with dense forest along the shore; large amounts of aquatic plans of the family Podostemonacease were present in the area, the water acidic (pH 5.8) and well oxygenated (91% saturation) (Ref. 84053).

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de Santana, C. D. and R.P. Vari, 2010. Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 159:223-371.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

  Not Evaluated 

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (-0.30300 - 0.32300), b=3.04 (2.92 - 3.16), based on all LWR estimates for this BS (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  .
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (12 of 100) .
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.