Sternarchorhynchus chaoi de Santana & Vari, 2010
Chao’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish

Family:  Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae
Max. size:  16.4 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Brazil.
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Type locality, Rondônia: Rio Jamari, Porto Velho, canal de desvio da (diversion canal of ) UHE (Usina Hidroeléctica) Samuel, INPA 28357 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus chaoi, 15.5 cm Tl, presumably male). Known only from Rio Jamari basin of the state of Rondônia (Ref. 84053).


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