Archolaemus_janeae

<i>Archolaemus janeae</i>

Archolaemus janeae

Species of fish

Archolaemus janeae is a species of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Xingu and upper Rio Tapajós, Amazon basin. This species reaches a length of 40.2 cm (15.8 in).[1] [2]

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Etymology

The knifefish is named in honor of Jane Mertens, of the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Vari, Richard P.; De Santana, Carlos David; Wosiacki, Wolmar B. (2012). "South American electric knifefishes of the genus Archolaemus (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes): undetected diversity in a clade of rheophiles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (3): 670–699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00827.x.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Archolaemus janeae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GYMNOTIFORMES (Neotropical Knifefishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2022.


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