Gymnotiformes

Apteronotus albifrons

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Gymnotiformes
Familiae: Apteronotidae - Electrophoridae - Gymnotidae - Hypopomidae - Rhamphichthyidae - Sternopygidae

References

• Nelson, J.S., 1994. Fishes of the world. Third edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 600 p.
• Tagliacollo, V.A., Bernt, M.J., Craig, J.M., Oliveira, C. & Albert, J.S. 2016. (Online 2015). Model-based Total Evidence phylogeny of Neotropical electric knifefishes (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 95: 20–23. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.11.007 Reference page. 

Links

• Gymnotiformes in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

• English: Knife-fishes & Electric Eels
• magyar: Elektromoskéshal-alakúak
• polski: strętwokształtne
• ไทย: อันดับปลาไหลไฟฟ้า
• 中文: 电鳗目

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