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Apteronotus
eschmeyeri
de Santana
,
Maldonado-Ocampo
,
Severi
&
Mendes
,
2004
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Gymnotiformes
(Knifefishes) >
Apteronotidae
(Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology:
Apteronotus:
Greek, apteros = without wings / (in this cases, fins) + Greek, noton = back (Ref.
45335
)
;
eschmeyeri:
Named in honor of William N. Eschmeyer who greatly contributed to ichthyology with his 'Catalog of Fishes' (Ref.
50571
)
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. High altitude
South America: Magdalena Basin, Rio Bogotá and Rio Luisa in Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref.
96624
)
Short description
Morphology
|
Morphometrics
Anal
soft rays
: 160 - 175;
Vertebrae
: 77. Blotchy coloration on body, clear band from chin to the beginning of the dorsal mid-sagittal electroreceptororgan, two clear bands surrounding caudal peduncle in specimens up to 16.5 cm TL, mouth rictus passing the posterior margin of orbit (Ref.
50571
).
Found in slow-flowing waters (Ref.
50571
).
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de Santana, C.D., J.A. Maldonado-Ocampo, W. Severi and G.N. Mendes
, 2004.
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
, a new species of ghost knifefish from the Magdalena Basin, Colombia (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Zootaxa 410:1-11. (Ref.
50571
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
09 October 2014
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00309 (0.00150 - 0.00636), b=3.03 (2.84 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
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