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Monotypic taxon:
Family
Electrophoridae
Gill, 1872
- electric knifefishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Gymnotiformes (Order) - Neotropical knifefishes
..Apteronotidae (Family) - ghost knifefishes
..Gymnotidae (Family) - gymnotid eels
..[Gymnotoidei] (Suborder)
..Hypopomidae (Family) - bluntnose knifefishes
..Rhamphichthyidae (Family) - painted knifefishes
..Sternopygidae (Family) - glass knifefishes
..[Sternopygoidei] (Suborder)
..[Electrophoridae] (Family) - electric knifefishes
Types
Type
:
Electrophorus
(Genus)
Gill, 1864
Variants
Current rank
:
Electrophorinae
(Subfamily)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
[inferred]
Synonyms
In
:
Gymnotidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 187.
[implicit]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
sidderalen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
electric knifefishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2463.
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