New distribution record of the weakly electric fish Steatogenys ocellatus Crampton, Thorsen & Albert 2004, in the Putumayo River, upper Amazon river basin, Colombia

By

Bogotá-Gregory, Juan
Bonilla-Castillo, César A.
Agudelo Córdoba, Edwin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-7-27

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

609--612

Subjects

Amazonian knifefish , Neotropic , Rhamphichthyidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.4.609

 

Abstract

The natural distribution of Steatogenys ocellatus Crampton, Thorsen & Albert 2004, is expanded here with a specimen collected near Puerto Leguízamo (Colombia) in the Río Putumayo at the Colombian–Peruvian border. This record, the first for this species in Colombia, expands its geographical distribution within the Amazon basin to a new watershed. Furthermore, this is the first time S. ocellatus has been recorded in a white water system.