Rhinosternarchus

Rhinosternarchus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Sternopygidae
Subfamily:	Eigenmanniinae
Genus:	Rhinosternarchus Dutra, Peixoto, Abrahão, Wosiacki, Menezes & de Santana, 2021
Species:	R. goajira
Binomial name
Rhinosternarchus goajira (L. P. Schultz, 1949)
Synonyms
Eigenmannia goajiraL. P. Schultz, 1949 Distocyclus goajira(L. P. Schultz, 1949)

Rhinosternarchus iis a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sternopygidae, the glass knifefishes. The only species in the genus is Rhinosternarchus goajira. This fish is found in the Lake Maracaibo basin in Colombia and Venezuela. ^{[2] [3]} Until 2021, it was placed in the genus Eigenmannia , but phylogenetic studies found it to be a distinct lineage most closely related to Archolaemus . ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Perez, A. (2023). "Eigenmannia goajira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T178675585A178675602. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T178675585A178675602.en . Retrieved 6 May 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Eigenmannia goajira". FishBase . May 2024 version.
3. Dutra, G.M., Santana, C.D.d., Vari, R.P. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2014): The South American Electric Glass Knifefish Genus Distocyclus (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): Redefinition and Revision. Copeia, 2014 (2): 345-354.
4. Dutra, Guilherme Moreira; Peixoto, Luiz Antônio Wanderley; Abrahão, Vitor Pimenta; Wosiacki, Wolmar Benjamin; Menezes, Naércio Aquino; de Santana, Carlos David (2021). "Morphology-based phylogeny of Eigenmanniinae Mago-Leccia, 1978 (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae), with a new classification" . Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 59 (8): 2010–2059. doi:10.1111/jzs.12535. ISSN   1439-0469.
5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sternopygidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 May 2025.