Gymnotiformes

Apteronotus albifrons

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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., 2015: Model-based Total Evidence phylogeny of Neotropical electric knifefishes (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Available online 23 November 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.11.007 Reference page. 

Links

• Gymnotiformes in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 12/2020.

Vernacular names

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

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