| Family: |
Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes) |
| Max. size: |
33.1 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Litany and Tampoc rivers, Maroni drainage in French Guiana. |
| Diagnosis: |
Anal soft rays: 184-187; Vertebrae: 56-84. Distocyclus guchereauae is distinguished by having grey color with several longitudinal lightly dark lines and the lowest being regularly striped, 13-14 precaudal vertebrae, 184-187 anal-fin rays in the undamaged specimens, a triangular head with a snout short (less than one third of the head length), a terminal mouth and the anus located straight below the eyes (Ref. 97632).
Description: no urogenital papilla; no caudal fin (Ref. 97632). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 14 December 2022 (B1a+2a; D2) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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