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Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335); schwassmanni: Named for Horst O. Schwassmann, University of Florida, for his contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical electric knifefishes.
Eponymy: Dr Horst Otto Schwassmann (d: 1922) is a retired American zoologist and ichthyologist at the University of Florida, Gainsville, where he is Professor Emeritus. He wrote: Seasonality of Reproduction in Amazonian Fishes (1992). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: de & SantanaVari.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84053); 9.9 cm TL (female)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. (Ref. 84053)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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