Sternarchorhamphus muelleri
(Steindachner 1881) Eigenmann in Eigenmann and Ward 1905
| ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
|---|---|---|
| Gymnotiformes | Sternopygoidei | Apteronotidae |
Synonyms
Sternarchus (Rhamphosternarchus) muelleri Steindachner 1881
Country
Amazon River: freshwaterTypes
Lectotype: NMW 65328:1 260.5mm
Paralectotypes: NMW 65328:2 249.0mm
Ferraris et al. (2017) comment on these types: "apparently designated in Campos-da-Paz (1995: 35, 36), if not earlier". Which suggests that they were not totally sure that this is the correct citation for the typification.
Distribution
Middle-lower Madeira, Juruá, Ucayali, Negro, Branco, Trombetas, Amazonas main channel, Capim, Araguari-Macari-Amapá, lower Orinoco, upper Orinoco, Apure (Dagosta and de Pinna 2019).
Systematics
The genus Sternarchoramphus once contained two additional species (Sternarchorhamphus hahni Meinken 1937, now Rhamphichthys hahni (Meinken 1937) and Sternarchorhamphus macrostoma (Günther 1870), now Platyurosternarchus macrostoma (Günther 1870)). The first of these was removed from the genus by Campos-da-Paz and Paepke (1994), and the second by Mago-Leccia (1994). The genus is currently monotypic and is a member of the subfamily Sternarchorhynchinae Mago-Leccia 1978 and the tribe Sternarchorhamphini Albert 2001. According to Campos-da-Paz (1995) the monotypic genus Orthosternarchus is also in the subfamily and therefore they are sister genera but that this relationship is not yet fully known. Albert (2001) found that Sternarchohamphus muelleri is most closely related to Orthosternarchus tamandua of the species he studied thus supporting the subfamily and tribe placements of these species.
Conservation Status
MG [NE]
Key References
- Steindachner, F. (1881)
- Eigenmann, C.H. and Ward, D.P. (1905)
- Mago-Leccia, F. (1994)
- Campos-da-Paz, R. and Paepke, H.-J. (1994)
- Campos-da-Paz, R. (1995)
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. and Ferraris, C.J. (2003)
- Crampton, W.G.R. (2008)
- Crampton, W.G.R. (2011)
- Ivanyisky, S.J. and Albert, J.S. (2014)
- Smith, A.R., Proffitt, M.R., Ho, W.W., Mullaney, C.B., Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., Lovejoy, N.R., Alves-Gomes, J.A. and Troy Smith, G. (2016)
- Tagliacollo, V.A., Bernt, M.J., Craig, J.M., Oliveira, C. and Albert, J.S. (2016)
- Ferraris, C.J., de Santana, C.D. and Vari, R.P. (2017)
- Bernt, M.J. and Albert, J.S. (2018)
- Dagosta, F.C.P. and de Pinna, M.C.C (2019)
- Crampton, W.G.R. (2019)
- Bernt, M.J., Tagliacollo, V.A. and Albert, J.S. (2019)
| Steindachner, F. | Journal Article | 1881 | Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika's (III) und Ichthyologische Beiträge (XI) |
| Eigenmann, C.H. and Ward, D.P. | Journal Article | 1905 | The Gymnotidae |
| Mago-Leccia, F. | Book | 1994 | Electric fishes of the continental waters of America |
| Campos-da-Paz, R. and Paepke, H.-J. | Journal Article | 1994 | On Sternarchorhamphus hahni, a member of the rhamphichthyid genus Rhamphichthys (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes). |
| Campos-da-Paz, R. | Journal Article | 1995 | Revision of the South American freshwater fish genus Sternarchorhamphus Eigenmann 1905 (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), with notes on its relationships |
| Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. and Ferraris, C.J. | Book | 2003 | Checklist of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America |
| Crampton, W.G.R. | Book Section | 2008 | Diversity and adaptation in deep-channel Neotropical electric fishes |
| Crampton, W.G.R. | Book Section | 2011 | An ecological perspective on diversity and distributions |
| Ivanyisky, S.J. and Albert, J.S. | Journal Article | 2014 | Systematics and biogeography of Sternarchellini (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae): Diversification of electric fishes in large Amazonian rivers |
| Smith, A.R., Proffitt, M.R., Ho, W.W., Mullaney, C.B., Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., Lovejoy, N.R., Alves-Gomes, J.A. and Troy Smith, G. | Journal Article | 2016 | Evolution of electric communication signals in the South American ghost knifefishes (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae): A phylogenetic comparative study using a sequence-based phylogeny |
| Tagliacollo, V.A., Bernt, M.J., Craig, J.M., Oliveira, C. and Albert, J.S. | Journal Article | 2016 | Model based total evidence phylogeny of Neotropical electric knife fishes (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) |
| Ferraris, C.J., de Santana, C.D. and Vari, R.P. | Journal Article | 2017 | Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types |
| Bernt, M.J. and Albert, J.S. | Book Section | 2018 | Family Apteronotidae - Ghost knifefishes |
| Dagosta, F.C.P. and de Pinna, M.C.C | Journal Article | 2019 | The fishes of the Amazon: Distribution and biogeographical patterns, with a comprehensive list of species |
| Crampton, W.G.R. | Journal Article | 2019 | Electroreception, electrogenesis and electric signal evolution |
| Bernt, M.J., Tagliacollo, V.A. and Albert, J.S. | Journal Article | 2019 | Molecular phylogeny of the ghost knifefishes (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) |