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Gymnotus choco

Gymnotus choco

Classification

Gymnotus choco, commonly known as the cuchillo (Spanish for "knife") or beringo, is an electric knifefish. G. choco is distinguished from its cogenerate species group by a color pattern possessing pale yellow bands oriented obliquely, wherein the interband margins are wavy or even irregular; one to three Y-shaped dark bands occur on its body's posterior section; and its pale bands do not extend above the fish's lateral line on its body's anterior two-thirds.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog