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Apteronotus ellisi (Alonso de Arámburu, 1957)

Description

Common Names

  • 埃氏背孔电鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 埃氏背孔電鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gymnotiformes

    Family: Apteronotidae

    Genus: Apteronotus

    Species: Apteronotus ellisi (Alonso de Arámburu, 1957)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • South America: Paraná River basin (Ref. 36886) and Paraguay River basin of Argentina (Ref. 50581). Reported from the Uruguay River in Brazil (Ref. 79585).

    • Biology

    Life cycle and mating behavior

    Habitat

    benthopelagic