Biology:Compsaraia

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Compsaraia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Apteronotidae
Genus: Compsaraia
Albert, 2001

Compsaraia is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in tropical South America. There are currently three described species in this genus. They are found deep in large rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and have small eyes and little pigment (appearing whitish in colour).[1]

Species

There are three species:[1][2]

  • Compsaraia compsa (Mago-Leccia, 1994)
  • Compsaraia iara Bernt & Albert, 2017
  • Compsaraia samueli Albert & Crampton, 2009

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bernt, M.J.; and J.S. Albert (2017). A New Species of Deep-Channel Electric Knifefish Compsaraia (Apteronotidae, Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River. Copeia. 105(2); 211-219. doi:10.1643/CI-16-529
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Compsaraia in FishBase. June 2017 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q5157070 entry