Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal soft rays: 231 - 247. Peculiar black phase coloration and large size. No horizontal dark stripes on body; anal fin either completely black or with dark margin; a marked dark humeral blotch; dorsal head profile strongly convex; snout length less than two eye diameters; interocular distance 30-40% in head length; gape almost the length of the snout; pectoral fin 69-75% in head length.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gymnotiformes

Family: Sternopygidae

Genus: Eigenmannia

Species: Eigenmannia nigra Mago-Leccia, 1994

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic