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Scientific Name Eigenmannia virescens  (Valenciennes, 1836)
Common Names Glass Knife-fish
Green Knife-fish, Grüner Messerfisch (Germany)
Type Locality South America [probably the Río de La Plata].
Pronunciation EYE ghen MAN ee ah.
Etymology Eigenmannia: From Eigenmann, 1910, researcher of faunistic studies. 
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Size 350mm or 13.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: widely distributed east of the Andes from the Orinoco to the La Plata River basins.
IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, pp Pl. 13 (fig. 2).
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Last Update 2022 Aug 14 06:18 (species record created: 2013 Jun 14 09:50)