WoRMS taxon details

Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815

154431  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154431)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Gymnotiformes (Order)
  11. Gymnotidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Electrophoridae Gill, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Electrophorus Gill, 1864
  2. Genus Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758
  3. Genus Giton Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, also replacement name)
  4. Subfamily Electrophorinae Gill, 1872 (temporary name, in ECoF, not useful)
  5. Subfamily Gymnotinae Rafinesque, 1815 (temporary name, in ECoF, not useful)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154431 on 2026-06-12
Date
action
by
2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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LanguageName 
English naked-back knifefishes  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gymnotidae) 
To Genbank (from synonym Electrophoridae Gill, 1872)
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