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Apteronotus brasiliensis
Apteronotus brasiliensis (Reinhardt, 1852)
Also calledBoca-rachada (por) · nožovka brazilská (ces)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Das Velhas River basin, Brazil (Albert, 2003 a).
Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types
materials_examined
ANSP 69647, 1 ex.; CAS 11836, 1 ex.; CAS 31249 1 ex.; FMNH 54561 2 ex.; MNRJ 8991, 1 ex.; MNRJ 8982, 2 ex.; MNRJ 17037, 1 ex.; MNRJ 19185, 1 ex.; MZUSP 22512, 2 ex.; MZUSP 45663, 1 ex.
Apteronotus eschmeyeri, a new species of ghost knifefish from the Magdalena Basin, Colombia (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae).
materials_examined
MNRJ 8991, 1 ex.; MNRJ 8982, 2 ex.; MNRJ 17037, 1 ex.; MNRJ 19185, 1 ex.; MZUSP 22512, 2 ex.; MZUSP 45663, 1 ex.;
Apteronotus caudimaculosus n. sp. (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), a sexually dimorphic black ghost knifefish from the Pantanal, Western Brazil, with a note on the monophyly of the A. albifrons species complex.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Apteronotus brasiliensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2401868.