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Sternarchorhynchus galibi de, Santana & Vari, 2010

Galibi tube-snouted ghost knifefish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Marowijne District: Lawa River at Stroomafwaarts Rapids near Anapaikekondre, ZMA 109.366 (holotype of Sternarchorhynchus galibi, 16.8 cm TL, apparently female). Known from the Lawa River, Marowijne River (= Fleuve Maroni) basin along the border between Suriname and French Guiana (Ref. 84053).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ns.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/suriname
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: de Santana, C. D. and R.P. Vari, 2010
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Sternarchorhynchus: Greek, sternon = sternon, + Greek, archos = anus + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  galibi: Named for the town that begun as a major settlement of the indigenous Caribs. The town is at the mouth of the Marowijne, the drainage system that includes the type locality..
  More on authors: de, Santana & Vari.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten bentopelagisk.   Tropical

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