Author: Maxime, Lima & Albert, 2011
FBname: Tiquie banded knifefish
Comments: Specimens were collected in small, clearwater terra firme forest streams, generally no more than half a meter deep and one meter wide; dipnet was used after being stunned with the aid of barbasco (timbó), an ichthyocide prepared from the root of <i>Lonchocarpus urucu</i> (Leguminosae).  This species was collected syntopically with <i>Sternopygus macrurus</i>, <i>Eigenmannia</i> sp. (Sternopygidae), <i>Hypopygus lepturus</i>, <i>Hypopygus</i> sp., <i>Brachyhypopomus</i> sp. (Hypopomidae), and the congeners <i>G. carapo</i> and <i>G. coropinae</i> (Gymnotidae).  In the Rio Tiquié basin, <i>G. tiquie</i> and <i>G. coropinae</i>  appear to be confined to terra firme streams while <i>G. carapo</i> was recorded from both terra firme streams and from the main channel of the Rio Tiquié (Ref. 83328).