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Polyphyletic taxon:
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Apteronotus
Lacépède, 1800
(fish)
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Entity:
Apteronotinae (Subfamily) - ghost knifefishes
..Adontosternarchus (Genus)
..Compsaraia (Genus)
..Megadontognathus (Genus)
..Melanosternarchus (Genus)
..Parapteronotus (Genus)
..Pariosternarchus (Genus)
..Platyurosternarchus (Genus)
..Porotergus (Genus)
..Sternarchella (Genus)
..Sternarchogiton (Genus)
..Sternarchorhynchus (Genus)
..Tembeassu (Genus)
..Tenebrosternarchus (Genus)
..Apteronotus (Genus)
....Apteronotus albifrons (Species) - apteronotid eel
....Apteronotus apurensis (Species)
....Apteronotus bonapartii (Species)
....Apteronotus brasiliensis (Species)
....Apteronotus caudimaculosus (Species)
....Apteronotus cuchillejo (Species)
....Apteronotus cuchillo (Species)
....Apteronotus ellisi (Species)
....Apteronotus eschmeyeri (Species)
....Apteronotus galvisi (Species)
....Apteronotus jurubidae (Species)
....Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Species)
....Apteronotus macrolepis (Species)
....Apteronotus macrostomus (Species)
....Apteronotus magdalenensis (Species)
....Apteronotus marauna (Species)
....Apteronotus mariae (Species)
....Apteronotus milesi (Species)
....Apteronotus rostratus (Species)
....Apteronotus spurrellii (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Lacépède, 1800. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 2, 208.
Types
Type of
:
Apteronotidae
(Family)
Jordan, 1923
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<26 May 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Apteronotinae
(Subfamily)
Jordan, 1923
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; 26 May 2025.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Apteronotoidea
(Superfamily)
Type
:
Apteronotus albifrons
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Including
:
Tembeassu
(Genus)
Triques, 1998
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 188.
Including
:
Ubidia
(Genus)
Miles, 1945
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 188; ECoF(20 May 2025).
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zeekoemesalen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026