Stegostenopos cryptogenes is a species of bluntnose knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Negro basin. This species can reach a total length of up to 15 cm (5.9 in).[1] It is the only member of the genus Stegostenopos according to FishBase,[2] but studies have shown that it belongs in Hypopygus (making Stegostenopos a junior synonym) and this is followed by the Catalog of Fishes.[1][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Hypopomidae |
| Genus: | Stegostenopos Triques, 1997 |
| Species: | S. cryptogenes
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| Stegostenopos cryptogenes Triques, 1997
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References
edit- ^ a b de Santana, C.D.; W.G.R. Crampton (2011). "Phylogenetic interrelationships, taxonomy, and reductive evolution in the Neotropical electric fish genus Hypopygus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (4): 1096–1156. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00736.x.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Stegostenopos cryptogenes". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ Ferraris Jr, C.J.; C.D. de Santana; R.P. Vari (2017). "Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 15 (1). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20160067.
- ^ Eschmeyer, W.N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan (8 May 2018). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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