Steatogenys elegans, the barred knifefish, is a species of Hypopomidae (bluntnose knifefishes) found in tropical South America. It is the type species of its genus. It is an electric fish found in a wide range of freshwater habitats in the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo river basins. It reaches almost in total length. References Hypopomidae Weakly electric fish Fish of Bolivia Freshwater fish of Brazil Freshwater fish of Colombia Freshwater fish of Ecuador Fish of Guyana Freshwater fish of Peru Fish of Venezuela Fish of the Amazon basin Fish described in 1880 Taxa named by Franz Steindachner