Compsaraia
Sign in to saveCompsaraia is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in tropical South America. There are currently three described species in this genus. They are found deep in large rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and have small eyes and little pigment (appearing whitish in colour).
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Compsaraia is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in tropical South America. There are currently three described species in this genus. They are found deep in large rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and have small eyes and little pigment (appearing whitish in colour).
==Species== There are three species: Compsaraia compsa (Mago-Leccia, 1994) Compsaraia iara Bernt & Albert, 2017 Compsaraia samueli Albert & Crampton, 2009
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ghost knifefish
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South America
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Wikidata
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tropics
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taxonomy
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Wikispecies
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Orinoco River
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Actinopterygii
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Q82486
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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Amazon basin
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FishBase
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type species
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World Register of Marine Species
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iNaturalist
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