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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGymnotiformes
  4. ›familySternopygidae
  5. ›genusSternopygus
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Sternopygus branco

Sternopygus branco Crampton, Hulen & Albert, 2004

First described in: Crampton, W. G. R.; Hulen, K. G.; Albert, J. S. (2004). Sternopygus branco: a new species of neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the lowland Amazon basin, with descriptions of osteology, ecology, and electric organ discharges. <em>Copeia.</em> 2004(2): 245-259.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution: Main channel of Amazon River between Negro and Japurá rivers and lower Negro River, Brazil (Crampton, Hulen, Albert, 2004 a).

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

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2402053.