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Adontosternarchus
Sign in to saveAdontosternarchus is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in tropical South America. They have blunt snouts, a dark-spotted or -mottled pattern on a pale background (however, spotting/mottling can be so dense that individuals appear almost all dark) and reach up to in total length. They feed on zooplankton and can be found quite deep, with A. devenanzii recorded down to .
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGymnotiformes
- FamilyApteronotidae
Vissen Adontosternarchus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de staartvinmesalen (Apteronotidae). Soorten Adontosternarchus balaenops (Cope, 1878) Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985 Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985 Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007 Adontosternarchus sachsi (Peters, 1877)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 128
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Apteronotidae
- Collections
- AUM, CUMV, UMMZ, USNM, UF, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Brazil, Peru
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- Parent taxon
- ghost knifefish
- Image
- Adontosternarchus balaenops.jpg
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Adontosternarchus is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in tropical South America. They have blunt snouts, a dark-spotted or -mottled pattern on a pale background (however, spotting/mottling can be so dense that individuals appear almost all dark) and reach up to in total length. They feed on zooplankton and can be found quite deep, with A. devenanzii recorded down to .
==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: Adontosternarchus balaenops (Cope, 1878) Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985 Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985 Adontosternarchus duartei de Santana & Vari, 2012 Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007 Adontosternarchus sachsi (W. K. H. Peters, 1877)
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