Gymnotus carapo

Gymnotus carapo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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

Familia: Gymnotidae
Genus: Gymnotus
Species: Gymnotus carapo
Subspecies (7): G. c. australis – G. c. caatingaensis – G. c. carapo – G. c. madeirensis – G. c. occidentalis – G. c. orientalis – G. c. septentrionalis

Name

• Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758: 246

Syntypes: NRM 64; NRM 8224; UUZM 56.

Type locality: “America”.

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii Reference page. 

Additional references

• Craig, J.M., Crampton, W.G.R. & Albert, J.S. 2017. Revision of the polytypic electric fish Gymnotus carapo (Gymnotiformes, Teleostei), with descriptions of seven subspecies. Zootaxa 4318(3): 401–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.3.1. Reference page. 

Links

• Gymnotus carapo – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gebänderter Messeraal
English: Banded knifefish
suomi: Veitsikala
português: carapó, sarapó, sarapó-tuvira, tira-faca, ituí-terçado, ituipinima, peixe-espada