Archolaemus janeae — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Gymnotiformes/Sternopygidae/Archolaemus

At a glance

Occurrence records23

Data sources7

Biological traits4

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Archolaemus janeae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility23 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources4 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF23 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Archolaemus janeae is a species of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Xingu and upper Rio Tapajós, Amazon basin. This species reaches a length of 40.2 cm.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length40.2 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonebenthopelagic

Other traits1

Vulnerability30.2

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Archolaemus janeae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type23 records

Museum / vouchered23

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO68 km²

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 23 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence23

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record	9
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record	5
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulolocation not on record	4
UNICAMPlocation not on record	2
Washington, US	1

5 institutions · 21 of 23 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code