#NewSpecies!
New knifefish from #brazil just swam by:

Microsternarchus longicaudatus

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9827878A-AC33-FFB8-FF1A-FA3DFB6BF943
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.4
#Zootaxa #MicrosternarchusLongicaudatus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishofmastodon #fishfriday #ichthyology #knifefish

Though commonly referred to as an eel, this fish is not considered a “true” eel. While true eels are classified in the order Anguilliformes, the electric eel is actually in the order Gymnotiformes, the knife fishes.

#science #sciencefacts #electriceels #eels #knifefish