FB-67710 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67710 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Rivulidae Atlantirivulus Atlantirivulus maricensis Costa, 2014 2015-06-12 2015-06-13 Cox Fernandes, C., A. Nogueira and J.A. Alves-Gomes0 Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 163():95-118. (Ref. 102656) Saks, L.0 Estonian Common Names, Rank 2. Personal communication (Ref. 116654) FB-GeneralDescr-67719 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-06-19 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67719 Inhabits black water streams along the middle and upper reaches of the Negro River Basin where it occurs in fast flowing waters, small falls and river margins with abundant submerged vegetation. During rainy season, has been collected in tangled roots of epiphytic plants that support a diverse fish assemblage. Feeds on insect larvae and parts (Ref. 102656). Cox Fernandes, C., A. Nogueira and J.A. Alves-Gomes 2014 Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 163():95-118. (Ref. 102656) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67719 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-09-29 00:00:00 2017-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67719 Procerusternarchus pixuna is distinguished from species of the genera Microsternarchus and Racenisia by the following characters: apomorphic presence of a deep, semi-transparent, large myogenic electric organ located along the body above the anal fin, between the ventral margin of the hypaxial muscle and dorsal margin of the anal fin muscle (pinnalis analis externalis) (vs. electric organ is not as deep and only semi-transparent at the end of the caudal); plesiomorphic condition of a fully-scaled body, with scalation on the dorsoanterior part of the body and along the middorsum, directly behind the extrascapular on the back of the head, on the nape (vs. scales absent from anterior upper to middle back); psiomorphic condition of 10 rows of embedded scales above the lateral line (vs. 3-4 in species of Microsternarchus and 4-5 in species of Racenisia); uniformly darker body; a dark line along the area above the lateral line (vs. back and top of the head also dark and a paler brownish ventral part of the body); and oblique band/blotches on the dorsal part of the body. Other characters useful to distinguish Procerusternarchus pixuna include: slightly projecting and elongated snout, 26.0-34.6% of head (H); head depth at occiput 49.7-68.9% of H; head length 1.2-14.5%; distance from eye to posterior naris, 3.9-10.9% of H; caudal filament length 19.1-27.5% of TL; caudal filament depth 1.1-1.9% of LEA; 175-242 anal-fin rays; 11-14 pectoral-fin rays; 13-15 pleural ribs, and 2-5 modified pleural ribs in the posteroventral wall of the abdominal cavity attached loosely and next to the first haemal spine;14-17 precaudal vertebrae; and 73-76 caudal vertebrae (Ref. 102656).Description: caudal fin absent; urogenital papilla well developed in some individuals (Ref. 102656). Cox Fernandes, C., A. Nogueira and J.A. Alves-Gomes 2014 Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 163():95-118. (Ref. 102656) FB-Morphology-67719 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-09-29 00:00:00 2017-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67719 Analsoft rays: 175 - 242 Cox Fernandes, C., A. Nogueira and J.A. Alves-Gomes 2014 Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 163():95-118. (Ref. 102656) FB-Distribution-67719 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-06-19 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67719 South America: Negro River basin in Brazil. Cox Fernandes, C., A. Nogueira and J.A. Alves-Gomes 2014 Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 163():95-118. (Ref. 102656) FB-Size-67719 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-06-19 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67719 13.8 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 102656)) Cox Fernandes, C., A. Nogueira and J.A. Alves-Gomes 2014 Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 163():95-118. (Ref. 102656) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67719 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2015-06-19 00:00:00 2021-10-22 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67719 benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 3.0 - 4.5