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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGymnotiformes
  4. ›familySternopygidae
  5. ›genusEigenmannia
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Black Translucent Knifefish

Eigenmannia nigra Mago-Leccia, 1994

Also calleddlouhoocaska černá (ces)

First described in: Mago-Leccia, F. (1994). Electric fishes of the continental waters of America. <em>Caracas, Fundacion para el Desarrollo de las Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales.</em> 1-206, 16 unnumbered tables. [Spanish summary.].

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution: Negro River basin and Casiquiare, Venezuela, Colombian Amazon, and Rupununi River basins (Mago-Leccia, 1994).

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 2402033.