Steatogenys elegans

Steatogenys
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Hypopomidae
Genus:	Steatogenys
Species:	S. elegans
Binomial name
	Steatogenys elegans; (Steindachner, 1880)
Synonyms
	Brachyhypopomus elegans (Steindachner, 1880); Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) elegans Steindachner, 1880; Steatogenes elegans (Steindachner, 1880);

Steatogenys elegans, the barred knifefish, is a species of Hypopomidae (bluntnose knifefishes) found in tropical South America. It is the type species of its genus. It is an electric fish found in a wide range of freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo river basins.^[3]^[4] It reaches almost 30 cm (1 ft) in total length.^[3]

References

^ Reis, R .; Lima, F. (2018). "Steatogenys elegans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T167650A6362812. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167650A6362812.en. Retrieved 9 May 2018. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
^ Zur Fisch-Fauna des Cauca und der Flüsse bei Guayaquil. Franz Steindachner Kaiserl.-Königl. Hof-und Staatsdr., 1880
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Steatogenys elegans" in FishBase. April 2018 version.
^ Crampton, W.G.R.; D.C. Thorsen; J.S. Albert; N.R. Lovejoy (2004). "Steatogenys ocellatus: A New Species of Neotropical Electric Fish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the Lowland Amazon Basin". Copeia. 2004 (1): 78–91.

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