Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari, 2010
Mendes’ tube-snouted ghost knifefish

Family:  Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae
Max. size:  19.2 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: known only from the Río San Juan and Río Guanipa basins of north-eastern Venezuela, both drain into the Golfo de Paria.
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Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 14 December 2022 (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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