| Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae |
| 30.8 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| South America: upper portions of the Rio Branco system of the Amazon basin in northeastern Roraima, Brazil and in the easternmost portion of the Rupununi District, Guyana. |
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| The type locality, Moco-Moco Creek, is a small stream with usually clear water but turns muddy for several hours after heavy rainfalls. One specimen was collected from a forest stream with relatively clear water weakly stained in tannins over a gravel and cobble bottom covered with leaf and twig litter. Reported to occur in rapids and streams and regarded as a predator, presumably preys on invertebrates (Ref. 81220). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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