| Archolaemus santosi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Sternopygidae |
| Genus: | Archolaemus |
| Species: | A. santosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Archolaemus santosi Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012 | |
Archolaemus santosi is a species of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Mucajaí and Rio Uraricoera in the north-eastern portions of the Amazon basin. This species reaches a length of 21.2 cm (8.3 in).[1][2]
Etymology
The knifefish is named in honor of Geraldo Mendes dos Santos of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, who collected the type specimen.[3]
References
- ↑ Vari, Richard P.; De Santana, Carlos David; Wosiacki, Wolmar B. (2012). "South American electric knifefishes of the genus Archolaemus (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes): undetected diversity in a clade of rheophiles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (3): 670–699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00827.x.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Archolaemus santosi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GYMNOTIFORMES (Neotropical Knifefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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