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Gymnotus choco Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003 |
| Family: | Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes), subfamily: Gymnotinae | |||
| Max. size: | 26 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Río Baudó drainage on the Pacific slope of Colombia, and the Río Atrato, a Caribbean drainage in northern Colombia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal soft rays: 210-255. Color pattern of obliquely oriented pale-yellow bands which the band-interband margins are irregular and wavy, in which there are one to three inverted Y-shaped (divided ventrally) dark bands in the posterior portion of body (at bands 6-9 from posterior tip of tail), and in which the pale bands do not extend above the lateral line on the anterior 2/3 of body (Ref. 49716). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 09 October 2014 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||