Eigenmannia dutrai
Eigenmannia dutrai Peixoto, Pastana & Ballen, 2021

Family:  Sternopygidae (Glass knifefishes), subfamily: Eigenmanninae
Max. size:  25.98 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Anal soft rays: 171-206. This species is distinguished by the following characters: presence of superior midlateral stripe; subterminal mouth; depth of posterodorsal expansion on infraorbitals 1 + 2 and approximately equal TL of infraorbitals 1 + 2; dentary teeth 35-36; premaxillary teeth 23-29; scale rows above LL 12-15; coronomeckelian bone that corresponds to 25% of length of Meckel's cartilage; origin of the superior midlateral stripe at vertical between the bases of 18th and 30th anal-fin rays; anterior displaced haemal spine, slightly cylindrical; precaudal vertebrae, 14-16; pectoral-fin rays, Ii,14-16; anal-fin rays, 171-206 (Ref. 138581).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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