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Taxon: Family Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815 - nakedback knifefishes (fish)
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Types

Nominotypical taxon ofGymnotiformes (Order) Rafinesque, 1810
TypeGymnotus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

IncludingApteronotidae (Family) Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
IncludingElectrophoridae (Family) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 187. [implicit]
IncludingHypopomidae (Family) Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
IncludingRhamphichthyidae (Family) Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
IncludingSternopygidae (Family) Ref: [Anonymous], 1995

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namesidderalen
mesalen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namenakedback knifefishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2463.
electric fishes Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.
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