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Adontosternarchus
Adontosternarchus is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in tropical South America. They have blunt snouts, a dark-spotted or -mottled pattern on a pale background (however, spotting/mottling can be so dense that individuals appear almost all dark) and reach up to 18.5–32.2 cm (7.3–12.7 in) in total length. They feed on zooplankton and can be found quite deep, with A. devenanzii recorded down to 84 m (276 ft).
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Adontosternarchus balaenops
speciesAdontosternarchus balaenops

Adontosternarchus sachsi
speciesAdontosternarchus sachsi

Adontosternarchus devenanzii
speciesAdontosternarchus devenanzii

Adontosternarchus clarkae
speciesAdontosternarchus clarkae
Adontosternarchus nebulosus
speciesAdontosternarchus nebulosus
Adontosternarchus duartei
speciesAdontosternarchus duartei
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86245.