| Citation | de Santana, C.D. and R.P. Vari, 2013, Brown ghost electric fishes of the Apteronotus leptorhynchus species-group (Ostariophysi, Grymnotiformes); monophyly, major clades, and revision.. Zool. J. Lin. Soc. 168(3):564-596. |
| Ref. | 93867 de Santana, C.D. and R.P. Vari, 2013 |
| Page | 570;figs.4-5;tab.1 |
| Named Used as Valid | Apteronotus anu |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Venezuela, Zulia, Rio Negro, 12 km south of Machiques on way to Tokuko at the bridge, MCNG 24991. |
| Distribution | South America: Colombia and Venezuela (Lake Maracaibo basin). |
| Quote | Populations previously identified as A. leptorhynchus by Schultz, 1949, Galvis et al., 1997, Péfaur, 1988, Lasso et al., 2004a, and Rodríguez-Olarte et al., 2009 based on samples originating in various rivers draining into Lago Maracaibo in both Colombia and Venezuela were found here to be A. anu based on the collecting localities. |