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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGymnotiformes
  4. ›familyApteronotidae
  5. ›genusPorotergus
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Porotergus duende

Porotergus duende de Santana & Crampton, 2010

First described in: de Santana, C. D.; Crampton, W. G. R. (2010). A review of the South American electric fish genus Porotergus (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) with the description of a new species. <em>Copeia.</em> 2010(1): 165-175.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution: Main channel of Amazon River and in Negro and Ucayali rivers (de Santana, Crampton, 2010).

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

materials_examined

Peru: Loreto: ANSP 200463, 14, 2 CS, 90 – 175, Rio Nanay at Pampachica, 0 3 ° 26.111 " S, 0 73 ° 30.03 " W; ANSP 200483, 6, 67 – 190, Rio Amazonas downstream of Iquitos, 0 3 ° 43.647 " S, 0 73 ° 12.19 " W.

A New Species of Deep-channel Electric Knifefish Compsaraia (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5961172.