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Species in the genus Sternarchogiton: [ 5 ] records


exodon, Oedemognathus Myers [G. S.] 1936:115 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 49; ref. 3114] Río Ampiyacu, Amazon system, eastern Peru. Holotype (unique): USNM 102040. Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:4 [ref. 19771], Ferraris et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Oedemognathus exodon Myers 1936 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:12 [ref. 9708], Mago-Leccia 1994:31 [ref. 21320]). •Synonym of Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner 1868) -- (Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:432 [ref. 23853], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:500 [ref. 27061], Cox Fernandes et al. 2009:204 [ref. 30178], Ferraris et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Synonym of Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner 1868). Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Habitat: freshwater.

labiatus, Sternarchogiton de Santana [C. D.] & Crampton [W. G. R.] 2007:397, Figs. 6-7 [Copeia 2007 (no. 2); ref. 29144] Toco Preto, Município de Tefé, 3°47.31'S, 64°59.91'W, Rio Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 37544. Paratypes: INPA 18296 (1); MCP 37543 (1), 37545 (1, c&s), 37546 (2); UF 147994 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[11] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Sternarchogiton labiatus de Santana & Crampton 2007 -- (Cox Fernandes et al. 2009:206 [ref. 30178], de Santana & Vari 2010:161 [ref. 30740], Ferraris et al. 2017:[11] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:474 [ref. 35797], Bernt et al. 2023:623 [ref. 40619]). Current status: Valid as Sternarchogiton labiatus de Santana & Crampton 2007. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil and Peru), and Orinoco River basin (Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

nattereri, Sternarchus Steindachner [F.] 1868:176 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 5 (no. 20) (for 23 July 1868); ref. 20464] Barra do Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW 65014. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[11] [ref. 35236]. Species was later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1868:251, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [ref. 14082]. •Valid as Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner 1868) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:12 [ref. 9708], Mago-Leccia 1994:35 [ref. 21320], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:433 [ref. 23853], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:423 [ref. 23853], Albert 2001:111 [ref. 25614], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:500 [ref. 27061], de Santana & Crampton 2007:388 [ref. 29144], Cox Fernandes et al. 2009:204 [ref. 30178], de Santana & Vari 2010:161 [ref. 30740], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745], Ivanyisky & Albert 2014:579 [ref. 35449], Sarmiento et al. 2014:188 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento 2016:540 [ref. 34727], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:68 [ref. 35633], Ferraris et al. 2017:[11] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:474 [ref. 35797], Ochoa et al. 2020:63 [ref. 37781], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:32 [ref. 42137], Torgersen et al. 2023:776 [ref. 40692]). Current status: Valid as Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner 1868). Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Venezuela). IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

porcinum, Sternarchogiton Eigenmann [C. H.] & Allen [W. R.] 1942:325, Pl. 16 (fig. 1) [Fishes of western South America; ref. 1246] Río Huallaga at Yurimaguas, Amazon system, Peru. Holotype: CAS 28810 [ex IU 15740]. Paratypes: CAS 52834 [ex IU 15722] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35236]. See Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:431 [ref. 23853]. •Valid as Sternarchogiton porcinum Eigenmann & Allen 1942 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:12 [ref. 9708], Mago-Leccia 1994:35 [ref. 21320], Albert 2001:111 [ref. 25614], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:500 [ref. 27061], de Santana & Crampton 2007:391 [ref. 29144], de Santana & Vari 2010:161 [ref. 30740], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:188 [ref. 35004], Ferraris et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:474 [ref. 35797], Ochoa et al. 2020:63 [ref. 37781], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Taphorn et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:78 [ref. 40783], Torgersen et al. 2023:776 [ref. 40692]). Current status: Valid as Sternarchogiton porcinum Eigenmann & Allen 1942. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

zuanoni, Sternarchogiton de Santana [C. D.] & Vari [R. P.] 2010:160, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 2010 (no. 1); ref. 30740] Rio Xingu, Município de Altamira, Cachoeira de Kaituká, 3°12'S, 52°12'W, Pará, Brazil. Holotype: INPA 28356. Paratypes: INPA 3937 (7, 2 c&s), USNM 391712 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Sternarchogiton zuanoni de Santana & Vari 2010 -- (Ferraris et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Valid as Sternarchogiton zuanoni de Santana & Vari 2010. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: Kaituká Falls, lower Xingu River, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.


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