45 Species in Family Gymnotidae
Nominal species list for Gymnotidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766) Electric eel
Electrophorus varii de Santana, Wosiacki, Crampton, Sabaj, Dillman, Mendes-JĂșnior & Castro e Castro, 2019
Electrophorus voltai de Santana, Wosiacki, Crampton, Sabaj, Dillman, Castro e C., Bastos & Vari, 2019
Gymnotus anguillaris Hoedeman, 1962
Gymnotus arapaima Albert & Crampton, 2001
Gymnotus ardilai Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert, 2004
Gymnotus bahianus Campos-da-Paz & Costa, 1996
Gymnotus capanema Milhomem, Crampton, Pierczeka, Shetka, Silva & Nagamachi, 2012
Gymnotus capitimaculatus Rangel-Pereira, 2014
Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758 Banded knifefish
Gymnotus cataniapo Mago-Leccia, 1994
Gymnotus chaviro Maxime & Albert, 2009
Gymnotus chimarrao Cognato, Richer-de-Forges, Albert & Crampton, 2008
Gymnotus choco Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003
Gymnotus coatesi La Monte, 1935
Gymnotus coropinae Hoedeman, 1962
Gymnotus cuia Craig, Malabarba, Crampton & Albert, 2018
Gymnotus curupira Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005
Gymnotus cylindricus La Monte, 1935
Gymnotus darwini Campos-da-Paz & de Santana, 2019
Gymnotus diamantinensis Campos-da-Paz, 2002
Gymnotus esmeraldas Albert & Crampton, 2003
Gymnotus henni Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003
Gymnotus inaequilabiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Gymnotus interruptus Rangel-Pereira, 2012
Gymnotus javari Albert, Crampton & Hagedorn, 2003
Gymnotus jonasi Albert & Crampton, 2001
Gymnotus maculosus Albert & Miller, 1995 Spotted knifefish
Gymnotus mamiraua Albert & Crampton, 2001
Gymnotus melanopleura Albert & Crampton, 2001
Gymnotus obscurus Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005
Gymnotus omarorum Richer-de-Forges, Crampton & Albert, 2009
Gymnotus onca Albert & Crampton, 2001
Gymnotus panamensis Albert & Crampton, 2003
Gymnotus pantanal Fernandes, Albert, Daniel-Silva, Lopes, Crampton & Almeida-Toledo, 2005
Gymnotus pantherinus (Steindachner, 1908)
Gymnotus paraguensis Albert & Crampton, 2003
Gymnotus pedanopterus Mago-Leccia, 1994
Gymnotus refugio Giora & Malabarba, 2016
Gymnotus stenoleucus Mago-Leccia, 1994
Gymnotus sylvius Albert & Fernandes-Matioli, 1999
Gymnotus tigre Albert & Crampton, 2003
Gymnotus tiquie Maxime, Lima & Albert, 2011 Tiquie banded knifefish
Gymnotus ucamara Crampton, Lovejoy & Albert, 2003
Gymnotus varzea Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005
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