FB-70984 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70984 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Sisoridae Glyptothorax Glyptothorax hymavatiae Tenali, Adak, Chandran, Singh, Sarkar & Banerjee, 2025 2025-03-17 2025-03-17 Sousa, T., W.B. Wosiacki, J. Muriel-Cunha, B.S. Prudente, R.S. Sousa and L.A.W. Peixoto0 A new species of the electric fish <i>Microsternarchus</i> Fernández-Yépez 1968 (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the lower Amazon basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 5448 (4): 508-518. (Ref. 132455) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70994 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-21 00:00:00 2025-03-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70994 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: distinct irregular suborbital blotches present, with chromatophores more concentrated near to the rictus and immediately below the orbits; caudal filament length in both sexes 35.1-36.8% TL; small black spots overlying the mid-dorsal region of the body; number of displaced haemal spines, three or four; dentary morphology, coronoid process of dentary continues posteriorly beyond dentary hook; anal-fin rays 152-173 (Ref 132455). Sousa, T., W.B. Wosiacki, J. Muriel-Cunha, B.S. Prudente, R.S. Sousa and L.A.W. Peixoto 2024 A new species of the electric fish <i>Microsternarchus</i> Fernández-Yépez 1968 (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the lower Amazon basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 5448 (4): 508-518. (Ref. 132455) FB-Morphology-70994 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-21 00:00:00 2025-03-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70994 Analsoft rays: 152 - 173 Sousa, T., W.B. Wosiacki, J. Muriel-Cunha, B.S. Prudente, R.S. Sousa and L.A.W. Peixoto 2024 A new species of the electric fish <i>Microsternarchus</i> Fernández-Yépez 1968 (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the lower Amazon basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 5448 (4): 508-518. (Ref. 132455) FB-Distribution-70994 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-21 00:00:00 2025-03-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70994 South America: Brazil. Sousa, T., W.B. Wosiacki, J. Muriel-Cunha, B.S. Prudente, R.S. Sousa and L.A.W. Peixoto 2024 A new species of the electric fish <i>Microsternarchus</i> Fernández-Yépez 1968 (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the lower Amazon basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 5448 (4): 508-518. (Ref. 132455) FB-Uses-70994 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-21 00:00:00 2025-03-21 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70994 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70994 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-21 00:00:00 2025-03-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70994 11.9 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 132455)) Sousa, T., W.B. Wosiacki, J. Muriel-Cunha, B.S. Prudente, R.S. Sousa and L.A.W. Peixoto 2024 A new species of the electric fish <i>Microsternarchus</i> Fernández-Yépez 1968 (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the lower Amazon basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 5448 (4): 508-518. (Ref. 132455) 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-70994 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Trisha Marie Santos 2025-03-21 00:00:00 2025-03-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70994 pelagic; freshwater