Sternarchorhamphus muelleri (Steindachner, 1881)

Ferraris, Carl J., Jr, Santana, Carlos David de & Vari, Richard P., 2017, Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types, Neotropical Ichthyology 15 (1), No. e 160067, pp. 1-8 : 1-8

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scientific name	Sternarchorhamphus muelleri (Steindachner, 1881)
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Sternarchorhamphus muelleri (Steindachner, 1881) View in CoL

Sternarchus (Rhamphosternarchus) Mülleri Steindachner, 1881a: 99 . Type locality: Pará [ Brazil]. Lectotype: NMW 65328:1 (261 mm LEA [larger than paralectotype NMW 65328:2]), apparently designated in Campos-da-Paz (1995: 35, 36), if not earlier. Described in more detail in Steindachner (1881c: 15) with type locality as: Amazonestrom bei Pará.

Remarks: Redescribed in Campos-da-Paz (1995).

Distribution: Amazon River basin, Orinoco River, and some coastal rivers in vicinity of Amazon mouth ( Campos-da-Paz, 1995).

STERNARCHORHYNCHUS Castelnau, 1855 View in CoL (32 species)

Sternarchorhynchus Castelnau, 1855: 95 View in CoL . Type species: Sternarchorhynchus Mulleri Castelnau, 1855 View in CoL . Type by monotypy. Gender: masculine.

Rhamphosternarchus Günther, 1870: 4. Type species: Sternarchus oxyrhynchus Müller, Troschel, 1849 . Type by subsequent designation by Eigenmann, Ward (1905: 166). Gender: masculine. Originally proposed as a subgenus of Sternarchus .

Revision: de Santana, Vari (2010b).

Key: Campos da Paz (2000); de Santana, Vari (2010b).