Apteronotus galvisi
Encyclopedia
Apteronotus galvisi is a species
of ghost knifefish
that was first described in a 2007 scientific paper. It is endemic to Colombia
. It has a mostly brown body, with some areas of yellow or white.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of ghost knifefish
Ghost knifefish
The ghost knifefishes are a family, Apteronotidae, of ray-finned fishes in the order Gymnotiformes. These fish can be found in the freshwater of Panama and South America....
that was first described in a 2007 scientific paper. It is endemic to Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. It has a mostly brown body, with some areas of yellow or white.