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Gymnotus
Linnaeus, 1758
(fish)
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Entity:
Gymnotinae (Subfamily) - nakedback knifefishes
..Gymnotus (Genus)
....Gymnotus anguillaris (Species)
....Gymnotus arapaima (Species)
....Gymnotus ardilai (Species)
....Gymnotus bahianus (Species)
....Gymnotus carapo (Species) - banded knifefish
....Gymnotus cataniapo (Species)
....Gymnotus choco (Species)
....Gymnotus coatesi (Species)
....Gymnotus coropinae (Species)
....Gymnotus curupira (Species)
....Gymnotus cylindricus (Species)
....Gymnotus diamantinensis (Species)
....Gymnotus esmeraldas (Species)
....Gymnotus henni (Species)
....Gymnotus inaequilabiatus (Species)
....Gymnotus javari (Species)
....Gymnotus jonasi (Species)
....Gymnotus maculosus (Species)
....Gymnotus mamiraua (Species)
....Gymnotus melanopleura (Species)
....Gymnotus obscurus (Species)
....Gymnotus omarorum (Species) - Omars' banded knifefish
....Gymnotus onca (Species)
....Gymnotus panamensis (Species)
....Gymnotus pantanal (Species)
....Gymnotus pantherinus (Species)
....Gymnotus paraguensis (Species)
....Gymnotus pedanopterus (Species)
....Gymnotus stenoleucus (Species)
....Gymnotus sylvius (Species)
....Gymnotus tigre (Species)
....Gymnotus ucamara (Species)
....Gymnotus varzea (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 246.
Types
Type of
:
Gymnotidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<26 May 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Gymnotinae
(Subfamily)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025.
[implicit]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Gymnotus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
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