Melanosternarchus amaru

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: Melanosternarchus
Species: Melanosternarchus amaru

Name

• Melanosternarchus amaru Bernt, Crampton, Orfinger & Albert, 2018: 457

Holotype: MUSM 59405, 230 mm TL, collected by M. Bernt, A. Chota et al. on 2 January 2016.

Type locality: “Peru, Loreto, Maynas, Rio Nanay at Pampachica, 03°45'10.8" S, 73°16'54.2" W”.

References

Primary references

• Bernt, M.J., Crampton, W.G.R., Orfinger, A.B. & Albert, J.S. 2018. Melanosternarchus amaru, a new genus and species of electric ghost knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 4378(4): 451–479. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.4.1 Reference page.