| Archolaemus santosi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Sternopygidae |
| Genus: | Archolaemus |
| Species: | A. santosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Archolaemus santosi Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012 | |
Archolaemus santosi is a species of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Mucajaí and Rio Uraricoera in the north-eastern portions of the Amazon basin. This species reaches a length of 21.2 cm (8.3 in).
Etymology
The knifefish is named in honor of Geraldo Mendes dos Santos of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, who collected the type specimen.
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Archolaemus santosi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- 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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| Archolaemus santosi | |
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