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.

[3][4] It reaches almost 30 cm (1 ft) in total length.

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