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Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) >
Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes)
Etymology: Japigny: Named for the river Japigny, a tributary of Approuague River in French Guiana, where the species was first found. Defined as feminine noun.; kirschbaum: Named for Dr. Frank Kirschbaum, a specialist of Gymnotiform fishes who has obtained experimental spawning and breeding of several gymnotid species. A noun in apposition..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: French Guiana in Approuague, Mana and Maroni rivers.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86967)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Anal soft rays: 132 - 164; Vertebrae: 70 - 82. Can be distinguished by having the following characters: seven to eight dark and clear alternating wide vertical bands on body; a foramen in the scapula; 14-15 precaudal vertebrae; 132-164 anal-fin rays (vs. more than 160 in all known Sternopygids); snout short (less than one third heald length); and mouth subterminal (Ref. 86967).
Caught with Anostomus brevior and Cynopotamus essequibensis (Ref. 86967).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Meunier, F.J., C. Jégu and P. Keith, 2011. A new genus and species of neotropical electric fish, Japigny kirschbaum (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae), from French Guiana. Cybium 35(1):47-53. (Ref. 86967)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).