FB-68599 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68599 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gymnotiformes Sternopygidae Eigenmannia Eigenmannia meeki Dutra, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2017 2018-01-25 2018-01-25 Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert0 A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish <i>Compsaria</i> (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2):211-219. (Ref. 115978) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-68610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-01-26 00:00:00 2018-01-26 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68610 Found in white waters at depths ranging from 2- 30 meters. Feeds exclusively on dipteran (Ceratopogonidae) larvae mixed with very fine sand, suggesting a benthic foraging behavior (Ref. 115978). Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert 2017 A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish <i>Compsaria</i> (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2):211-219. (Ref. 115978) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-01-26 00:00:00 2018-01-31 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68610 Compsaraia iara is easily diagnosed from all species of Compsaraia by the following characters: forehead strongly rounded with dorsal margin of frontals and parasphenoid convex (vs. straight or concave in adult C. compsa and C. samueli); mouth small, gape not reaching vertical with eye in adults (vs. reaching or exceeding vertical with eye in adult C. compsa and C. samueli); absence of premaxilla teeth (vs. 8-16 premaxilla teeth in C. compsa and 4-10 in C. samueli (Ref. 115978). Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert 2017 A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish <i>Compsaria</i> (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2):211-219. (Ref. 115978) FB-Morphology-68610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-01-26 00:00:00 2018-01-31 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68610 Analsoft rays: 155 - 174 Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert 2017 A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish <i>Compsaria</i> (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2):211-219. (Ref. 115978) FB-Distribution-68610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-01-26 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=68610 South America: Amazon River basin in Brazil. Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert 2017 A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish <i>Compsaria</i> (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2):211-219. (Ref. 115978) FB-Size-68610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-01-26 00:00:00 2018-01-26 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68610 23.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 115978)) Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert 2017 A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish <i>Compsaria</i> (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2):211-219. (Ref. 115978) 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-68610 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2018-01-26 00:00:00 2018-01-26 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68610 demersal; freshwater; depth range 2 - 30 m (Ref. 115978) Bernt, M.J. and J.S. Albert 2017 A new species of deep-channel electric knifefish <i>Compsaria</i> (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia 105(2):211-219. (Ref. 115978)