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Taxon:
Family
Rhamphichthyidae
Regan, 1911
- painted knifefishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Gymnotiformes (Order) - Neotropical knifefishes
..Apteronotidae (Family) - ghost knifefishes
..Gymnotidae (Family) - gymnotid eels
..Hypopomidae (Family) - bluntnose knifefishes
..Sternopygidae (Family) - glass knifefishes
..Rhamphichthyidae (Family) - painted knifefishes
....Gymnorhamphichthys (Genus)
....Hypopygus (Genus)
....Iracema (Genus)
....Rhamphichthys (Genus)
....Steatogenys (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Rhamphichthyinae
(Subfamily)
Type
:
Rhamphichthys
(Genus)
Müller & Troschel, 1846
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<26 May 2025].
[inferred]
Variants
Different rank
:
Rhamphichthyinae
(Subfamily)
Synonyms
In
:
Gymnotidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Amerikaanse mesalen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
painted knifefishes
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
:
sand knifefishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 239.
:
sand knifefishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2463.
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21 Sep 2025