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Sternopygidae Cope, 1871

AphiaID

154626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154626)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Gymnotiformes

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Subfamily Eigenmanninae Mago-Leccia, 1978
1. Genus Archolaemus Korringa, 1970
2. Genus Distocyclus Mago-Leccia, 1978
3. Genus Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann, 1896
4. Genus Rhabdolichops Eigenmann & Allen, 1942
5. Genus Rhinosternarchus Dutra, Peixoto, Abrahão, Wosiacki, Menezes & de Santana, 2021
6. Genus Archeolaemus Korringa, 1970 accepted as Archolaemus Korringa, 1970 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
7. Genus Guichthys Fernández-Yépez, 1968 accepted as Rhabdolichops Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Sternopyginae Cope, 1871
1. Genus Japigny Meunier, Jégy & Keith, 2011
2. Genus Sternopygus Müller & Troschel, 1849
3. Genus Carapus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Sternopygus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
4. Genus Hildatia Fernández-Yépez, 1968 accepted as Sternopygus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sternopygidae Cope, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154626 on 2026-07-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-19 07:59:47Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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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