Description

Anal soft rays: 162 - 220. Distinguished from other congeners by the following combination of characters: dorsal snout profile pointed; snout length 46.4 - 63.7 % of head length; oculo-nasal distance 39.2-72.1 % of postocular distance; lateral ethmoid with both dorsal and ventral extremities expanded, strongly oblique in orientation; mouth rictus surpassing vertical through anterior eye margin, including its skin folds, in all ages; dorsal head profile nearly horizontal from a vertical through anus to posterior extremity of occipital bone; absence of mid-dorsal white or clear stripe on head and body anteriorly; chin brown; upper lip clear to a vertical through anterior nostril; transversal unpigmented bar or bars posteriorly on the body absent; flanks brown, darker dorsally and pectoral fin hyaline, with chromatophores over rays (Ref. 88927).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gymnotiformes

Family: Apteronotidae

Genus: Apteronotus

Species: Apteronotus acidops Triques, 2011

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Length type refers to length to the end of anal fin, LEA (Ref. 88927).

Habitat

benthopelagic