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Tamandua Knifefish

Orthosternarchus tamandua

Classification

Orthosternarchus is a monospecific genus of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae. The only species in the genus is Orthosternarchus tamandua, the tamandua knifefish. This knifefish is native to the deep river channels of the Amazon basin.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 7