Procerusternarchus

Procerusternarchus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Hypopomidae
Genus:	Procerusternarchus Cox Fernandes, Nogueira & Alves-Gomes, 2014
Species:	P. pixuna
Binomial name
Procerusternarchus pixuna Cox Fernandes, Nogueira & Alves-Gomes, 2014

Procerusternarchus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Hypopomidae, the bluntnose knifefishes. The only species in the genus is Procerusternarchus pixuna. This fish is endemic to Amazonas, Brazil where it occurs in several tributaries of the Rio Negro. ^[2]

References

1. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Procerusternarchus pixuna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022: e.T140652252A140652280. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T140652252A140652280.pt . Retrieved 2 June 2025.
2. Cox Fernandes, C.; Nogueira, A.; Alves-Gomes, J.A. (2014). "Procerusternarchus pixuna, a new genus and species of electric knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae, Microsternarchini) from the Negro River, South America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 163 (1): 95–118. Bibcode:2014PANSP.163...95F. doi:10.1635/053.163.0107.