Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Gymnotiformes
Familia: Apteronotidae
Genus: Sternarchella
Species: S. calhamazon – S. curvioperculata – S. orthos – S. schotti – S. sima – S. terminalis
Name
Sternarchella Eigenmann, 1905
Type species: Sternarchus schotti Steindachner, 1868
References
Eigenmann, C. H. & Ward, D. P.; 1905: The Gymnotidae. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Science, 7: 159–188, Pls. 7-11.
Sternarchella, the bulldog knifefish, is a genus of ghost knifefishes found at depths of 2–50 m (7–164 ft) in the main channel of large rivers in South America.[1][2] Most are from the Amazon basin, but S. orthos is found both in the Amazon and Orinoco, S. orinoco is restricted to the Orinoco and S. curvioperculata restricted to the upper Paraná basin (however, the last species likely belongs in another genus, possibly Apteronotus).[2][3] They are often common in their habitat.[1][4]
They have a blunt or pointed snout (none have the greatly elongated snout found in some other knifefish), reduced pigmentation and reach up to 18.5–40.5 cm (7–16 in) in total length depending on the species.[1][2][5] They feed on invertebrates and small fish.[1]
Species
The following species are currently placed in this genus.[3][5] Two species that formerly comprised their own genus Magosternarchus were recently included in Sternarchella[2][3][6]
Sternarchella calhamazon Lundberg, Cox Fernandes, Campos-da-Paz & Sullivan, 2013[4]
Sternarchella curvioperculata Godoy (pt), 1968 – likely does not belong in this genus, closer to Apteronotus[2][3]
Sternarchella duccis Lundberg, Cox Fernandes & Albert
Sternarchella orinoco Mago-Leccia, 1994
Sternarchella patriciae Evans, Crampton & Albert 2017[2]
Sternarchella raptor Lundberg, Cox Fernandes & Albert
Sternarchella rex Evans, Crampton & Albert 2017[2]
Sternarchella schotti (Steindachner, 1868)
Sternarchella sima Starks, 1913
Sternarchella terminalis (C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942)
References
van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0691170749.
Evans, K.M.; W.G.R. Crampton; J.S. Albert (2017). "Taxonomic revision of the deep channel electric fish genus Sternarchella (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), with descriptions of two new species". Neotropical Ichthyology. 15 (2): e160168. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20160168.
Eschmeyer, W.N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan (7 May 2018). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
Lundberg, J.G., Cox Fernandes, C., Campos-Da-Paz, R. & Sullivan, J.P. (2013): Sternarchella calhamazon n. sp., the Amazon’s most abundant species of apteronotid electric fish, with a note on the taxonomic status of Sternarchus capanemae Steindachner, 1868 (Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 162: 157-173.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Sternarchella in FishBase. February 2018 version.
Ferraris Jr, C.J.; C.D. de Santana; R.P. Vari (2017). "Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 15 (1). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20160067.
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