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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
  
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  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, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderGymnotiformes   
                               SuborderGymnotoidei  – knife-fishes  
                                  FamilyGymnotidae  – knife-fishes, electric eels, cuchillos, nakedback knifefishes, poissons-couteaux, naked-back knifefishes  
                                     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, gymnotid eel, banded knifefish, 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  
       

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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: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Gymnotus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  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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