Archolaemus
| Archolaemus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Sternopygidae |
| Genus: | Archolaemus Korringa, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| Archolaemus blax Korringa, 1970 | |
Archolaemus is a genus of glass knifefishes.[1][2] They occur in the Amazon basin and few other watercourses in southeastern Brazil. [2]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3][2]
- Archolaemus blax Korringa, 1970
- Archolaemus ferreirai Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
- Archolaemus janeae Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
- Archolaemus luciae Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
- Archolaemus orientalis D. J. Stewart, Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
- Archolaemus santosi Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (1 March 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Vari, Richard P.; De Santana, Carlos David; Wosiacki, Wolmar B. (2012). "South American electric knifefishes of the genus Archolaemus (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes): undetected diversity in a clade of rheophiles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (3): 670–699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00827.x.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Archolaemus in FishBase. October 2015 version.
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