Steatogenys elegans

Steatogenys elegans
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Rhamphichthyidae
Genus:	Steatogenys
Species:	S. elegans
Binomial name
Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner, 1880) [2]
Synonyms [3]
Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) elegans Steindachner, 1880 Brachyhypopomus elegans (Steindachner 1880) Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) mirabilis Steindachner, 1880

Steatogenys elegans, the barred knifefish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Rhamphichthyidae, the sand knifefishes. This fish is found in tropical South America. It is the type species of its genus. It is an electric fish found in a wide range of freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo river basins. ^{[4] [5]} It reaches almost 30 cm (1 ft) in total length. ^[4]

References

1. Reis, R.; Lima, F. & Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Steatogenys elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T167650A53826901. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T167650A53826901.en . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
2. Zur Fisch-Fauna des Cauca und der Flüsse bei Guayaquil. Franz Steindachner Kaiserl.-Königl. Hof-und Staatsdr., 1880
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Steatogenys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Steatogenys elegans". FishBase . April 2018 version.
5. Crampton, W.G.R.; D.C. Thorsen; J.S. Albert; N.R. Lovejoy (2004). "Steatogenys ocellatus: A New Species of Neotropical Electric Fish (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae) from the Lowland Amazon Basin". Copeia. 2004 (1): 78–91. doi:10.1643/ci-03-072ri. S2CID   85693926.