Adontosternarchus


Adontosternarchus is a genus of ghost knifefishes found in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in tropical South America. They have blunt snouts, a dark-spotted or -mottled pattern on a pale background and reach up to in total length. They feed on zooplankton and can be found quite deep, with A. devenanzii recorded down to.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:Adontosternarchus balaenops Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985Adontosternarchus duartei de Santana & Vari, 2012Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007
  • ''Adontosternarchus sachsi''