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Scientific Name | Sternopygus macrurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) |
Common Name | Variabler Geist-Messerfisch (Germany) |
Type Locality | Brazil. |
Etymology | Sternopygus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, pyge = tail. |
Species Information | |
Size | 1410mm or 55.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | South America: Magdalena River basin; entire extent of the Amazon and Orinoco River basins below approximately 500 m elevation including Napo River of western Ecuador and Madre de Dios River of Peru; all drainages of the Guianas Shield; Atlantic drainages of northeastern Brazil (Tocantins, Parnaíba, Pindaré, Itapicuru, and Salgado rivers); São Francisco River basin; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Paraguay-Paraná River basin. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
Husbandry Information | |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae, pp 522. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2015 Jun 06 03:03 (species record created: 2013 Sep 08 21:46) |