Rhabdolichops Explained
Rhabdolichops is a genus of glass knifefishes found in Amazon, Orinoco and Maroni basins in tropical South America. They live near the bottom in main river channels, floodplains (including flooded forest like igapó) and lagoons, and are typically found in relatively deep waters.[1]
Rhabdolichops are typically overall grayish, dusky or semi-translucent resulting in whitish/pinkish color.[1] There are two species groups: One (including most species) where the pectoral fins are relatively short and without conspicuous pigmentation, and another (including R. lundbergi and R. nigrimans) where they are relatively long and all dark or dark at the tip.[1] [2] Depending on the exact species, they have a maximum total length of NaNabbr=onNaNabbr=on. They feed on small invertebrates such as aquatic insect larvae and zooplankton.[1] [2]
Species
There are currently 10 species in this genus:
- Rhabdolichops caviceps (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)
- Rhabdolichops eastwardi Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986
- Rhabdolichops electrogrammus Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986
- Rhabdolichops jegui Keith & Meunier, 2000
- Rhabdolichops lundbergi Correa, Crampton & Albert, 2006
- Rhabdolichops navalha Correa, Crampton & Albert, 2006
- Rhabdolichops nigrimans Correa, Crampton & Albert, 2006
- Rhabdolichops stewarti Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986
- Rhabdolichops troscheli (Kaup, 1856)
- Rhabdolichops zareti Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986
Notes and References
- Correa, S.B. . W.G.R. Crampton . J.S. Albert . 2006 . Three New Species of the Neotropical Electric Fish Rhabdolichops (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the Central Amazon, with a New Diagnosis of the Genus . Copeia . 2006 . 1 . 27–42 . 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)006[0027:tnsotn]2.0.co;2. 85947201 .
- Book: van der Sleen, P. . J.S. Albert . 2017 . Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas . Princeton University Press . 344 . 978-0691170749 .
