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Apteronotidae (Ghost knifefishes) > Apteronotinae
Etymology: Melanosternarchus: Name from Greel 'melas' meaning black in reference to dark pigmentation and presence in
blackwater rivers, and 'sternarchus', a name commonly used in apteronotid taxonomy, from the Greek 'sternon'.
(chest) and archos (rectum), referring to the anterior position of the anus; amaru: Name from the Quechuan amaru, a mythical serpent, referring to the snakelike shape of this fish; noun in apposition.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce pelagic-neritic. Tropical
South America: Brazil and Peru, Amazon River.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 137449)
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Bernt, M.J., W.G.R. Crampton, A.B. Orfinger and J.S. Albert, 2018. Melanosternarchus amaru, a new genus and species of electric ghost knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 4378(4):451-479. (Ref. 137449)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00347 (0.00141 - 0.00851), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (14 of 100). 🛈 |