Sternarchorhynchus villasboasi de Santana & Vari, 2010
Villasboas’ tube-snouted ghost knifefish

Family:  Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae
Max. size:  13.6 cm TL (male/unsexed); 13.5 cm TL (female)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Brazil.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Little information is available about the type locality other than that it was a rapids area in the Rio Xingu, Brazil (Ref. 84053).
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 07 November 2018 (D2) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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