Skip links and keyboard navigation

Species profile—Apteronotus albifrons (black ghost knife fish)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Apteronotidae (ghost knifefishes) → Apteronotus albifrons (black ghost knife fish)

Sighting data

Download
KML | CSV | GeoJson

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Family
Apteronotidae (ghost knifefishes)
Scientific name
Apteronotus albifrons
Common name
black ghost knife fish
WildNet taxon ID
19597
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Exotic
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19597.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

More species information

Get a list of species for your area or find other wildlife information.

Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022