Sternopygus obtusirostris Steindachner, 1881

Ferraris, Carl J., Jr, Santana, Carlos David de & Vari, Richard P., 2017, Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types, Neotropical Ichthyology 15 (1), No. e 160067, pp. 1-8 : 1-8

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scientific name	Sternopygus obtusirostris Steindachner, 1881
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Sternopygus obtusirostris Steindachner, 1881 View in CoL

Sternopygus obtusirostris Steindachner, 1881b: 143 View in CoL , pl. 2 (fig. 3). Type locality: Amazonen-Strom bei Teffé [ Brazil]. Lectotype: MCZ 9413, 235 mm TL, designated in Crampton, Hulen, Albert (2004b: 122). Initial syntypes: MCZ 9413 About MCZ (1), MCZ 9453 About MCZ (1), MCZ 9425 About MCZ (1), and NMW 64977 (1), from Amazonen-Strom bei Teffé , See Alexo und Manacapouru , Rio Puty, Rio Madeira [ Brazil]; 17-50 cm TL.

Remarks: Redescribed in Crampton, Hulen, Albert (2004b). Treated as a junior synonym of Sternopygus macrurus Bloch, Schneider in Albert, Fink (1996) and Crampton, Hulen, Albert (2004a); treated as valid in Mago-Leccia (1994), Albert (2003b) and Campos-da-Paz (2007a).

Distribution: Main stem of Amazon River and lower Negro River basin (Albert, 2003b).