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These fish have villiform (brush-like) teeth on the upper and lower jaws. The snout is relatively short. The eyes are relatively large, with a diameter equal to or greater than the distance between nares. The anal fin originates at the isthmus (the strip of flesh on the ventral surface between the gill covers).
Eigenmannia is a genus of fish in the family Sternopygidae (glass knifefishes) native to tropical and subtropical South America (south to the Río de la Plata Basin), and Panama. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are typically found in slow-flowing streams, along the edge of large rivers, in deep river channels and in floodplains, and the genus also includes E ...
Eigenmannia virescens is a weakly electric freshwater fish found across South America. [1] ... Glass Knife Fish - Eigenmannia virescens This page was last edited ...
Knifefish may refer to several knife-shaped fishes: The Neotropical or weakly electric knifefishes, order Gymnotiformes, containing five families: Family Gymnotidae (banded knifefishes and the electric eel) Family Rhamphichthyidae (sand knifefishes) Family Hypopomidae (bluntnose knifefishes) Family Sternopygidae (glass and rat-tail knifefishes)
Archolaemus ferreirai is a species of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Mucajaí and Rio Uraricoera in the north-eastern portions of the Amazon basin. This species reaches a length of 34.2 cm (13.5 in). [1] [2]
Distocyclus conirostris is a species of glass knifefishes found in the deep waters (3.8 to 28.3 m, 12 to 93 ft) of the Amazon basin, lower portions of the Potaro River and in major parts of the Rio Orinoco.
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Japigny kirschbaum is a species of glass knifefish described in 2011 from the Approuague, Mana and Maroni rivers in French Guiana.It is the only member of its genus. It reaches up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in total length and is brownish-dusky with a pattern of dark-and-pale broad bands (a similar pattern exists in Sternopygus astrabes).