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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porotergus&speciesname=gymnotus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porotergus&speciesname=gymnotus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porotergus&speciesname=gymnotus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porotergus&speciesname=gymnotus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porotergus&speciesname=gymnotus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Porotergus-gymnotus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Porotergus Species in    Apteronotidae - Classification - Apteronotinae Apteronotidae Gymnotiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Porotergus gymnotus Ellis , 1912 Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Apteronotidae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) > Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae Etymology: Porotergus: Greek, poros = porous + Latin, tergum = back, the upper plate or segment in an animal (Ref. 45335 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri South America: Guianas and Amazon River basin. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 85.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12225 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Rare and little is know of its biology. Occurs in rapidly flowing water over a sandy bottom together with Leporinus granti , L. maculatus and Crenicichla multispinosa . Its dispersed capture suggests a solitary behavior (Ref. 12225 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Albert, James S. | Collaborators Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail , 1996. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane. Tome 1. Collection du Patrimoine Naturel Volume 22, MNHN, Paris & INRA, Paris. 429 p. (Ref. 12225 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 14 December 2022 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Aquarium: commercial FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100). 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