Orthosternarchus tamandua ( Boulenger, 1898 )

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

Orthosternarchus tamandua ( Boulenger, 1898 )
status

 

Orthosternarchus tamandua ( Boulenger, 1898) View in CoL

Sternarchus tamandua Boulenger, 1898: 427 View in CoL , pl. 42. Type locality: Rio Juruá, Brazil. Holotype: BMNH 1897.12.1.208; 400 mm TL [425 mm in Hilton et al. (2007)].

Remarks: Redescribed, with anatomical and phylogenetic information, in Hilton et al. (2007).

Distribution: Widely distributed in Amazon River basin ( Hilton et al., 2007).

PARAPTERONOTUS Albert, 2001 (1 species)

Parapteronotus Albert, 2001: 73 View in CoL . Type species: Sternarchus hasemani Ellis, 1913 . Type by original designation. Gender: masculine.

Boulenger GA. On a collection of fishes from the Rio Jurua, Brazil. Trans Zool Soc Lond. 1898; 14 (7): 421 - 28.

Ellis MM. The gymnotid eels of tropical America. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute; 1913. (Series: Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum; vol 6, 3). 109 - 195, pls. 15 - 23.

Hilton EJ, Cox Fernandes C, Sullivan JP, Lundberg JC, Camposda-Paz R. Redescription of Orthosternarchus tamandua (Boulenger, 1898) (Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae), with reviews of its ecology, electric organ discharges, external morphology, osteology, and phylogenetic affinities. Proc Acad Nat Sci Philadelphia. 2007; 156: 1 - 25.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Gymnotiformes

Family

Apteronotidae

Genus

Orthosternarchus