Sternarchorhynchus

Sternarchorhynchus
Sternarchorhynchus retzeri, conventional and X-ray images
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Apteronotidae
Genus:	Sternarchorhynchus Castelnau, 1855

Sternarchorhynchus is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in tropical South America. There are currently 32 described species in this genus.

Species

• Sternarchorhynchus axelrodi de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Axelrod’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus britskii Campos-da-Paz, 2000 (Britski’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus caboclo de Santana & Nogueira, 2006 (Cabocolo tube-snouted ghost knifefish )
• Sternarchorhynchus chaoi de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Chao’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus cramptoni de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Crampton’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus curumim de Santana & Crampton, 2006 (Curumim tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus curvirostris (Boulenger, 1887)
• Sternarchorhynchus freemani de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Freeman’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus galibi de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Galibi tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus gnomus de Santana & Taphorn, 2006 (Gnomus tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus goeldii de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Goeldi’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus hagedornae de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Hagedorn’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus higuchii de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Higuchi’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus inpai de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Inpa tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus jaimei de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Jamei’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus kokraimoro de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Kokraimoro tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus mareikeae de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Mareike’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus marreroi de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Marrero’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Mendes’ tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus mesensis Campos-da-Paz, 2000 (Mesensis tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus montanus de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Montane tube-snouted ghost knifefish )
• Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus (Steindachner, 1868)
• Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1849)
• Sternarchorhynchus retzeri de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Retzer’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus roseni Mago-Leccia, 1994 (Rosen’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus schwassmanni de Santana & Vari, 2010
• Sternarchorhynchus severii de Santana & Nogueira, 2006 (Severi’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus starksi de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Stark’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus stewarti de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Stewart’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus taphorni de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Taphorn’s tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus villasboasi de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Villasboas’ tube-snouted ghost knifefish)
• Sternarchorhynchus yepezi de Santana & Vari, 2010 (Yepez’ tube-snouted ghost knifefish)

References

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• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Sternarchorhynchus in FishBase. October 2011 version.