Description

Anal soft rays: 194 - 211. Branched anal-fin rays posterior to ray 18 or 19 with an additional bifurcation at posterior branch; small to moderate irregular or rounded dark blotches scattered over a brownish to gray background found on the anterior half of body, with alternate transverse dark and light bands mainly extending through posterior third of body length (Ref. 42925).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gymnotiformes

Family: Gymnotidae

Genus: Gymnotus

Species: Gymnotus diamantinensis Campos-da-Paz, 2002

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

pelagic