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Family
Gymnotidae
Rafinesque, 1815
- nakedback knifefishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Gymnotoidei (Suborder)
..Gymnotidae (Family) - nakedback knifefishes
....Electrophorus (Genus)
....Gymnotus (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Gymnotiformes
(Order)
Rafinesque, 1810
Type
:
Gymnotus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Including
:
Apteronotidae
(Family)
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Including
:
Electrophoridae
(Family)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 187.
[implicit]
Including
:
Hypopomidae
(Family)
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Including
:
Rhamphichthyidae
(Family)
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Including
:
Sternopygidae
(Family)
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
sidderalen
:
mesalen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
nakedback knifefishes
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2463.
:
electric fishes
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 683.
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