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Rhamphichthyidae
Atlantic knifefish
Rhamphichthys atlanticus
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
Large- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Rhamphichthyidae
- Genus
- Rhamphichthys
- Maximum length
- 67.3 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- South America: known only from the type locality, Viana Lake, Pindaré-Mearim river system in Brazil.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
