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Sternarchogiton

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Gymnotiformes

Scientific name
  
Sternarchogiton

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Apteronotidae

Higher classification
  
Ghost knifefish

Lower classifications
  
Sternarchogiton nattereri, Sternarchogiton porcinum

Sternarchogiton preto top 11 facts


Sternarchogiton is a genus of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae, with five known species. They are distinguished from other apteronotid genera by details of the skull and the broad descending blades of the pterygiophores in the anal fin. They are related to the genera Adontosternarchus and Porotergus

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Species

  • Sternarchogiton labiatus de Santana & Crampton, 2007
  • Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner, 1868)
  • Sternarchogiton porcinum C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942
  • Sternarchogiton preto de Santana & Crampton, 2007
  • Sternarchogiton zuanoni de Santana & Vari, 2010

    • References

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