Sternarchorhynchus gnomus, a new species of electric knifefish from the Lower Rio Caroni, Venezuela (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae)

Abstract

Sternarchorhynchus gnomus, new species, the smallest member of the genus Sternarchorhynchus, is described from the lower Río Caroní in Venezuela. It is diagnosed from congeners on the basis of body coloration, meristic and morphometric characters, such as color pattern of pectoral and anal fins, number of scales above lateral line at mid-body, and relative body proportions. © 2006 by Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.