Parapteronotus
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| Genus: | Parapteronotus Albert, 2001
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| Species: | P. hasemani
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| Parapteronotus hasemani (M. M. Ellis, 1913)
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Parapteronotus hasemani, the duckbill knifefish, is a species of ghost knifefish found in main river channels and along the margins in the Amazon basin of Brazil and Peru. It is the only member of its genus. This dark-colored knifefish reaches up to about 38 cm (15 in) in total length.[1][2]
References
- ^ van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-0691170749.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Parapteronotus hasemani" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
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