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Apteronotus
Apteronotus is a genus of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae, distinguished by the presence of a tiny caudal fin. This genus is restricted to South America.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 30 known species
Black Ghost Knifefish
speciesApteronotus albifrons
Apteronotus caudimaculosus
speciesApteronotus caudimaculosus
Apteronotus ellisi
speciesApteronotus ellisi
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
speciesApteronotus eschmeyeri
Apteronotus galvisi
speciesApteronotus galvisi
Apteronotus bonapartii
speciesApteronotus bonapartii
Apteronotus apurensis
speciesApteronotus apurensis
Apteronotus rostratus
speciesApteronotus rostratus
Apteronotus ferrarisi
speciesApteronotus ferrarisi
Brown Ghost Knifefish
speciesApteronotus leptorhynchus
Apteronotus mariae
speciesApteronotus mariae
Apteronotus albertoi
speciesApteronotus albertoi
Apteronotus paranaensis
speciesApteronotus paranaensis
Apteronotus anu
speciesApteronotus anu
Apteronotus macrolepis
speciesApteronotus macrolepis
Apteronotus brasiliensis
speciesApteronotus brasiliensis
Apteronotus camposdapazi
speciesApteronotus camposdapazi
Apteronotus acidops
speciesApteronotus acidops
Apteronotus baniwa
speciesApteronotus baniwa
Apteronotus cuchillejo
speciesApteronotus cuchillejo
Apteronotus cuchillo
speciesApteronotus cuchillo
Apteronotus jurubidae
speciesApteronotus jurubidae
Apteronotus lindalvae
speciesApteronotus lindalvae
Apteronotus magoi
speciesApteronotus magoi
Apteronotus milesi
speciesApteronotus milesi
Apteronotus pemon
speciesApteronotus pemon
Apteronotus macrostomus
speciesApteronotus macrostomus
Apteronotus quilombola
speciesApteronotus quilombola
Apteronotus spurrellii
speciesApteronotus spurrellii
Apteronotus magdalenensis
speciesApteronotus magdalenensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 86579.