Archolaemus is a genus of South American glass knifefishes.[1][2] They occur in fast-flowing sections of rivers, including rapids, in the Amazon, Tocantins, São Francisco and Araguari basins.[2] Depending on the exact species, they reach up to about 20–50 cm (8–20 in) in total length.[3] During the day they hide in rocky crevices, but during the night they are active and feed on small invertebrates such as aquatic insect larvae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Sternopygidae |
| Genus: | Archolaemus Korringa, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| Archolaemus blax Korringa, 1970
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Species edit
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Archolaemus blax Korringa, 1970
- Archolaemus ferreirai Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
- Archolaemus janeae Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
- Archolaemus luciae Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
- Archolaemus orientalis D. J. Stewart, Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
- Archolaemus santosi Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012[2]
References edit
- ^ Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (1 March 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i Vari, Richard P.; De Santana, Carlos David; Wosiacki, Wolmar B. (2012). "South American electric knifefishes of the genus Archolaemus (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes): undetected diversity in a clade of rheophiles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (3): 670–699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00827.x.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Archolaemus in FishBase. October 2017 version.
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