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Kirschbaum's Knifefish

Japigny kirschbaum Meunier, Jégu & Keith, 2011

VU Vulnerable

Names

EnglishKirschbaum's Knifefish
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese基氏贾皮河电鳗
Scientific nameJapigny kirschbaum Meunier, Jégu & Keith, 2011

About this species

Japigny is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sternopygidae, the glass knifefishes. The only species in the genus is Japigny kirschbaum which was described in 2011 from the Approuague, Mana and Maroni rivers in French Guiana. It reaches up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in total length and is brownish-dusky with a pattern of dark-and-pale broad bands (a similar pattern exists in Sternopygus astrabes and Sternopygus sarae).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderGymnotiformes
FamilySternopygidae
GenusJapigny

In Suriname

6Records in Suriname
2018First record
2020Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini6

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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