IRMNG - Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG taxon details

Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG_ID

112332 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:112332)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Gymnotiformes

Synonymised names

Electrophoridae Gill, 1872 · unaccepted

Direct children (12)

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Genus Electrophorus Gill, 1864
Genus Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Melanosternarchus Bernt, Crampton, Orfinger & Albert, 2018
Genus Carapo Oken, 1817 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Giton Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Gymnonotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Gymnothus Gouan, 1770 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Lamontianus Craig, Kim, Tagliacollo & Albert, 2019 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)
Genus Pantherus Craig, Kim, Tagliacollo & Albert, 2019 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)
Genus Tigre Craig, Kim, Tagliacollo & Albert, 2019 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)
Genus Tigrinus Craig, Kim, Tagliacollo & Albert, 2019 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)
Genus Tijax Craig, Kim, Tagliacollo & Albert, 2019 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112332 on 2024-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-05-20 14:33:10Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

additional source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

From other sources

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gymnotiformes (Order) > Gymnotidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

To WoRMS (from synonym Electrophoridae Gill, 1872)
To WoRMS