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Apteronotus cuchillejo (Schultz, 1949)

Description

Anal soft rays: 137 - 155.

Common Names

  • 委內瑞拉寬胸電鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 委内瑞拉宽胸电鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pez cuchillejo , Spanish , Colombia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gymnotiformes

    Family: Apteronotidae

    Genus: Apteronotus

    Species: Apteronotus cuchillejo (Schultz, 1949)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Also from the Catatumbo River (Ref. 26543).

    • Biology

    Inhabits small streams (Ref. 26543). Feeds mainly on macro-invertebrates (Ref. 26543).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic