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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGymnotiformes
  4. ›familyApteronotidae
  5. ›genusSternarchogiton
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Sternarchogiton porcinum

Sternarchogiton porcinum Eigenmann & Allen, 1942

Also callednožovka huallažská (ces)

First described in: Eigenmann, C. H.; Allen, W. R. (1942). Fishes of Western South America. I. The intercordilleran and Amazonian lowlands of Peru. II.- The high pampas of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile. With a revision of the Peruvian Gymnotidae, and of the genus Orestias. University of Kentucky. i-xv + 1-494, Pls. 1-22.

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distribution

Distribution: Huallaga, Napo and Amazon rivers, Peru and Orinoco River, Venezuela (de Santana, Crampton, 2007).

Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2401831.