Global InformationDistocyclus conirostris information
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| Sketch of Distocyclus conirostris by Jacques Burkhardt (1865) in Brazil http://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/jacques-burkhardt-scientific-drawings/33-ARC_209-390 | |
Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Sternopygidae |
| Genus: | Distocyclus |
| Species: | D. conirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| Distocyclus conirostris C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942
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Distocyclus conirostris is a species of glass knifefishes found in the deep waters (3.8 to 28.3 m, 12 to 93 ft) of the Amazon basin, lower portions of the Potaro River and in major parts of the Rio Orinoco. They are typically relegated to flood basins, flooded forests and main river channels.[2] They have often been found gathering in small groups around vegetation, indicating a social nature.[3] The fish has semi-translucent, glass-like pectoral and anal fins. The main body is a ground-like color with a lighter head.[4] The largest currently recorded specimen is 34.5 cm (9.65 inches).[5]
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Goulding, M., Cañas, C., Barthem, R., Forsberg, B., & Ortega, H. (2003). Amazon headwaters: Rivers, wildlife, and conservation in southeastern Peru. Lima: Amazon Conservation Association.
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