Gymnotus melanopleura
Gymnotus melanopleura Albert & Crampton, 2001


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Family:  Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes), subfamily: Gymnotinae
Max. size:  10 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  South America: Mamirauá lake system near Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil and Rio Napo drainage, Loreto, Peru (Ref. 41292). Reported from the upper Amazon River basin, Brazil (Ref. 36692).
Diagnosis:  Slender body (body depth 6-10% TL versus 11-13) possess 12 pale bands along entire length of body, about as broad as the dark bands on the posterior half of the body, and a thin pale band extending posteroventrally below the eye to the branchial isthmus.
Biology:  Collected in a whitewater floating meadow of the floodplain in the Tefé region (Ref. 41292).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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