Biology:Archolaemus janeae

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Archolaemus janeae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Sternopygidae
Genus: Archolaemus
Species:
A. janeae
Binomial name
Archolaemus janeae
Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012

Archolaemus janeae is a species of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Xingu and upper Rio Tapajós, Amazon basin. This species reaches a length of 40.2 cm (15.8 in).[1] [2]

Etymology

The knifefish is named in honor of Jane Mertens, of the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.[3]



References

  1. 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. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Archolaemus janeae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "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 ☰ Q20745716 entry