Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gymnotiformes

Family: Gymnotidae

Genus: Gymnotus

Species: Gymnotus anguillaris Hoedeman, 1962

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Occurs in swamps and creeks with moderate water flow and where the bottom is covered with vegetation or plant debris. Feeds on aquatic invertebrates, insect larvae and crustaceans. Relatively aggressive, it lives in small groups (Ref. 12225).

Habitat

benthopelagic