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Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus

Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus

Classification

Sternarchorhynchus is a genus of ghost knifefishes with a long, decurved snout that are found in river basins in tropical South America. Distribution, habitat and conservation Of the 32 recognized species, more than 2⁄3 are restricted to the Amazon basin (including the Tocantins system) in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, 7 species are found in river basins flowing into the Gulf of Paria in Colombia and Venezuela (mostly Orinoco system, but S. mendesi in Guanipa and San Juan), S.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 8