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Gymnotus  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 163309

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Giton Kaup in Duméril, 1856
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2004    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          SuperclassOsteichthyes  -- bony fishes, osteíceto, peixe ósseo, poissons osseux  
             ClassActinopterygii  -- poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes  
                SubclassNeopterygii  -- neopterygians  
                   InfraclassTeleostei   
                      SuperorderOstariophysi   
                         OrderGymnotiformes   
                            SuborderGymnotoidei  -- knife-fishes  
                               FamilyGymnotidae  -- cuchillos, electric eels, knife-fishes, naked-back knifefishes, nakedback knifefishes, poissons-couteaux  
                                  GenusGymnotus Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Gymnotus anguillaris Hoedeman, 1962  
                                     Species Gymnotus arapaima Albert and Crampton, 2001  
                                     Species Gymnotus bahianus Campos-da-Paz and Costa, 1996  
                                     Species Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758 -- banded knifefish, banded knifefish, gymnotid eel, gymnotid eel 
                                     Species Gymnotus cataniapo Mago-Leccia, 1994  
                                     Species Gymnotus choco Albert, Crampton and Maldonado in Albert and Crampton, 2003  
                                     Species Gymnotus coatesi La Monte, 1935  
                                     Species Gymnotus coropinae Hoedeman, 1962  
                                     Species Gymnotus cylindricus La Monte, 1935  
                                     Species Gymnotus diamantinensis Campos-da-Paz, 2002  
                                     Species Gymnotus esmeraldas Albert and Crampton, 2003  
                                     Species Gymnotus henni Albert, Crampton and Maldonado in Albert and Crampton, 2003  
                                     Species Gymnotus inaequilabiatus (Valenciennes, 1842)  
                                     Species Gymnotus javari Albert, Crampton and Hagedorn in Albert and Crampton, 2003  
                                     Species Gymnotus jonasi Albert and Crampton, 2001  
                                     Species Gymnotus maculosus Albert and Miller, 1995 -- cuchillo, spotted knifefish 
                                     Species Gymnotus mamiraua Albert and Crampton, 2001  
                                     Species Gymnotus melanopleura Albert and Crampton, 2001  
                                     Species Gymnotus onca Albert and Crampton, 2001  
                                     Species Gymnotus panamensis Albert and Crampton, 2003  
                                     Species Gymnotus pantherinus (Steindachner, 1908)  
                                     Species Gymnotus paraguensis Albert and Crampton, 2003  
                                     Species Gymnotus pedanopterus Mago-Leccia, 1994  
                                     Species Gymnotus stenoleucus Mago-Leccia, 1994  
                                     Species Gymnotus sylvius Albert and Fernandes-Matioli in Albert et al., 1999  
                                     Species Gymnotus tigre Albert and Crampton, 2003  
                                     Species Gymnotus ucamara Crampton, Lovejoy and Albert, 2003  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Gymnotus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Gymnotus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnotus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Gymnotus   
       

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