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Glass knifefish (Eigenmannia virescens)
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Glass knifefish (Eigenmannia virescens) specimen
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Sternopygidae

Glass knifefish

Eigenmannia virescens

Forty Four Centimeters Sternopygid Fish of South American Waters

  • Blue
  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Glass knifefish is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 44 cm.

Maximum length
44 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
South America: widely distributed east of the Andes from the Orinoco to the La Plata River basins.

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