Name - Sternopygus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:89350 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Sternopygus Muller & Troschel 1849

• Sternopygus Muller & Troschel

• Sternopygus (M. & T.)

• Sternopygus Mueller 1846

• Sternopygus Mueller & Troschel 1846

• Sternopygus Muller & Troschel 1848

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Recent Publications

• The phylogenetic position of the South American electric fish genera Sternopygus and Archolaemus (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes) according to 12S and 16S mitochondrial DNA sequences.
• Development and regeneration of the electric organ.
• Estrogen modifies an electrocommunication signal by altering the electrocyte sodium current in an electric fish, Sternopygus.
• Sternopygus castroi, a new species of Neotropical freshwater electric fish, with new synapomorphies to the genus (Sternopygidae: Gymnotiformes: Teleostei).
• Structure and function of neurons in the complex of the nucleus electrosensorius of Sternopygus and Eigenmannia: diencephalic substrates for the evolution of the jamming avoidance response.

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