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Sternarchorhynchus roseni Mago-Leccia, 1994 Rosen's tube-snouted ghost knifefish |
| Family: | Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes), subfamily: Apteronotinae | |||
| Max. size: | 41.7 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | South America: Orinoco and Amazon River basins. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal soft rays: 187-215; Vertebrae: 82-84 | |||
| Biology: | Specimens collected at Caño Bravo in the Río Apure drainage of Venezuela, from a white water habitat over a substrate of sand and clay covered with leaf litter and at water depths of up to 1.5 m (Ref. 84053). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 14 October 2020 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||