Procerusternarchus pixuna
Species of fish
Procerusternarchus pixuna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gymnotiformes |
Family: | Hypopomidae |
Genus: | Procerusternarchus Cox Fernandes, Nogueira & Alves-Gomes, 2014 |
Species: | P. pixuna |
Binomial name | |
Procerusternarchus pixuna Cox Fernandes, Nogueira & Alves-Gomes, 2014 |
Procerusternarchus pixuna is a species of bluntnose knifefish endemic to Amazonas, Brazil where it occurs in several tributaries of the Rio Negro. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]
References
- ^ Cox Fernandes, C., Nogueira, A. & Alves-Gomes, J.A. (2014): Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 163: 95-118.
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