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GBIF·2401936speciesAnimalia3 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGymnotiformes
  4. ›familyRhamphichthyidae
  5. ›genusRhamphichthys
Rhamphichthys longior
FIGURE 44 | Rhamphichthys pantherinus, holotype of Rhamphichthys longior, MZUSP 48507, 850 mm LEA, lago Paru at confluen Carvalho, Albert, 2023 (CC BY 4.0) · Plazi / Biodiversity Literature Repository. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.
IUCN DD · Data deficient

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Rhamphichthys longior Triques, 1999

First described in: Triques, M. L. (1999). Three new species of Rhamphichthys Müller et Troschell, 1846 (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes: Rhamphichthyidae). <em>Revue française d'aquariologie (Nancy).</em> 26(1-2), 1-6.

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discussion

Remarks: Validity questioned by Carvalho, Albert (2015), but name not assigned to any other species.

Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types

distribution

Distribution: Paru Lake, lower Amazon River basin (Triques, 1999 a).

Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2401936.