Adontosternarchus balaenops ( Cope, 1878 )

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scientific name	Adontosternarchus balaenops ( Cope, 1878 )
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Adontosternarchus balaenops ( Cope, 1878) View in CoL

Sternarchus balaenops Cope, 1878: 682 View in CoL . Type locality: Pebas [ Peru]. Holotype:ANSP 21462; ca. 165 mm TL ( Mago-Leccia et al., 1985).

Distribution: Upper Amazon River basin, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia ( Mago-Leccia et al., 1985).

Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg, Baskin, 1985

Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg, Baskin, 1985: 14 , figs. 1c, 16. Type locality: Raudal (Rapids) de Mavahate, Río Negro near San Carlos de Río Negro, Amazonas Territory, Venezuela. Holotype: MBUCV-V 12703 ; 172 mm TL.

Distribution: Upper Amazon River basin, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru ( Mago-Leccia et al., 1985).

Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia, Lundberg, Baskin, 1985

Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia, Lundberg, Baskin, 1985: 11 View in CoL , fig. 14. Type locality: Venezuela, Caño Cuajarito, tributary of Río Portuguesa, 3 km above La Unión, Estado Guárico. Holotype: MBUCV-V 7513 ; 133 mm TL.

Distribution: Orinoco River and its large tributaries and the low Llanos, Venezuela and Colombia ( Mago-Leccia et al., 1985).

References

Cope ED. Synopsis of the fishes of the Peruvian Amazon, obtained by Professor Orton during his expeditions of 1873 and 1877. Proc Am Philos Soc. 1878; 17 (101): 673 - 701.

Mago-Leccia F, Lundberg JC, Baskin JN. Systematics of the South American freshwater fish genus Adontosternarchus (Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae). Contrib Sci (Los Angel). 1985; 358: 1 - 19.