Biology:Archolaemus ferreirai
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| Archolaemus ferreirai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Sternopygidae |
| Genus: | Archolaemus |
| Species: | A. ferreirai
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| Archolaemus ferreirai Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012
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Archolaemus ferreirai is a species of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Mucajaí and Rio Uraricoera in the north-eastern portions of the Amazon basin. This species reaches a length of 34.2 cm (13.5 in).[1] [2]
Etymology
The knife fish is named in honor of Efrem Ferreira (b. 1954), of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, who was one of the collectors of the type specimen.[3]
References
- ↑ 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 Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Archolaemus ferreirai" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order GYMNOTIFORMES (Neotropical Knifefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gymnotiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q20745720 entry
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