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Sand knifefish
Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Also callednahohřbet nosatý (ces)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: Synonymy tentative. Günther (1870: 5) would serve as first reviser if R. blochii was found to be a valid species distinct from R. rostratus and R. longirostratus, and R. reinhardti its (junior) synonym. Eigenmann, Eigenmann (1891: 62) later took the opposite approach and treated R. reinhardti as valid over R. blochii. Steindachner (1868: 258) would serve as first reviser if R. schomburgki was found to be a valid species distinct from R. rostratus and R. longirostratus, and R. schneideri its (junior) synonym (status of R. reinhardti and R. blochii is unresolved).
Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types
distribution
Distribution: Amazon, Essequibo and coastal rivers of Guianas (Carvalho, Albert, 2015).
Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Rhamphichthys rostratus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2401929.