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Gymnotus paraguensis Albert & Crampton, 2003 |
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photo by
Equipe de Ictiologia do Nupélia |
| Family: | Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes), subfamily: Gymnotinae | |||
| Max. size: | 24 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Río Paraguay basin and the Río Paraná drainage. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal soft rays: 260-270. Color pattern composed of regularly arranges, unpaired (evenly pigmented), dark bands with straight, high contrast margins, with 4-7 inverted Y-shaped, or sometimes X-shaped, or discontinuous dark pigment bands in middle to posterior portion of body (Ref. 49716). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2020 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||