Glass knifefish
Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1836)
Also calledAavekala (fin) · Anguila (spa) · Banderita (spa) · Caña (spa) · Charuto (por) · Chucho (spa) · Cuchilla (spa) · Cuchillo (spa) · Glasknivfisk (dan) · Glasmesserfisch (deu) · Grön knivfisk (swe) · Grøn Elektroål (dan) · Grüner Messerfisch (deu) · Juova-aavekala (fin)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: lower Paraná River basin and La Plata River (Peixoto et al., 2015).
Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types
Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes 1836) NT
E. virescens (Valenciennes, 1836) NT original Sternarchus virescens synonyms Sternopygus lineatus Müller & Troschel, 1849 Sternopygus tumifrons Müller & Troschel, 1849 first record Berg (1901)
Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of Uruguay (CLOFF-UY).
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Eigenmannia virescens is diagnosed by having small branchial opening, smaller than the snout; body light brown, maculae absent.
The ichthyofauna of a poorly known area in the middle-southern Espinhaco mountain range, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: diagnostics and identification keys
distribution
Distribution. Widespread from rio Orinoco to rio de La Plata basin.
The ichthyofauna of a poorly known area in the middle-southern Espinhaco mountain range, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: diagnostics and identification keys
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2402039.