Apteronotus galvisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Apteronotidae
Genus: Apteronotus
Species: Apteronotus galvisi

Name

Apteronotus galvisi de Santana et al., 2007

• Holotype: IAvHP 8133.
• Paratypes: IAvHP 8129 (6), 8130 (2), 8131 (2), 8132 (2), 8167 (3).

Type locality: Río Meta drainage, Río Cusiana, bridge El Venado, 5°00'50"N, 72°41'30.9"W [1], Casanare, Colombia, elevation 305 meters.

References

• de Santana, C. D., Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A. & Crampton, W. G. R.; 2007: Apteronotus galvisi, a new species of electric ghost knifefish from the Río Meta basin, Colombia (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (2): 117–124.
• de Santana, C. D. & Vari, R. P.; 2013: Brown ghost electric fishes of the Apteronotus leptorhynchus species-group (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); monophyly, major clades, and revision. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 168 (3): 564–596.