Animalia > Chordata > Gymnotiformes > Sternopygidae > Sternopygus > Sternopygus macrurus

Sternopygus macrurus (Longtail knifefish)

Synonyms: Carapus sanguinolentus (heterotypic); Gymnotus macrurus; Hildatia brasiliensis; Sternopygus marcgravii
Language: Creole, English; Creole, French; Djuka; Finnish; French; Galibi; Oyampi; Palicur; Portuguese; Saramaccan; Spanish; Wayana

Attributes

Water Biome [1]  Benthic, Rivers and Streams

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve State Sustainable Development Reserve VI 3260792 Amazonas, Brazil  
Manú National Park II 4213523 Cusco, Peru  
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park II 4006523 Bolivia  
Reserva de la Biosfera de Yasuni Biosphere Reserve 4156313 Ecuador  

Predators

Pygocentrus cariba (Orinoco piranha)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Clinostomum complanatum[3]
Cystidicoloides dlouhi <Unverified Name>[3]
Spinitectus rodolphiheringi[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Food Habits of Piranhas in the Low Llanos of Venezuela, Leo G. Nico; Donald C. Taphorn, Biotropica, Vol. 20, No. 4. (Dec., 1988), pp. 311-321.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0