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Sternarchorhynchus mesensis Campos-da-Paz, 2000

Mesensis tube-snouted ghost knifefish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality, Goiás, Río Tocantins (upper Río Tocantins region), at Serra de Mesa dam, municípios Minaçu/Uruaçu (‘Minaçu/Cavalcante'), MNRJ 17591 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus mesensis). Known from sites in the upper Rio Tocantins system and has been collected in caves of the São Domingos karst region (Ref. 84053). Also Ref. 36352, 36886.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Campos-da-Paz, R., 2000
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  mesensis: From "Serra da Mesa", an area in the upper Rio Tocantins region, Brazil..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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