WoRMS taxon details
Gymnotiformes
- Family Apteronotidae Jordan, 1923
- Family Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Hypopomidae Eigenmann, 1912
- Family Rhamphichthyidae Regan, 1911
- Family Sternopygidae Cope, 1871
- Family Electrophoridae Gill, 1872 accepted as Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnotiformes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154244 on 2026-06-11
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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 
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