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Bluntnose Knifefishes
Hypopomidae
The Hypopomidae are a family of fishes in the order Gymnotiformes known as the bluntnose knifefish. They may also be called grass or leaf knifefishes. These electric fish are not often eaten, of little commercial importance, rarely kept as aquarium fish, and poorly studied; however, species in this family may constitute a significant fraction of the biomass in the areas they inhabit.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 37 known species
Brachyhypopomus
genusBrachyhypopomus
Microsternarchus
genusMicrosternarchus
Hypopomus
genusHypopomus
Racenisia
genusRacenisia
Procerusternarchus
genusProcerusternarchus
Akawaio
genusAkawaio
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85834.