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THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE

A branch of the living world.

110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.

These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.

Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.

Family: Gymnotidae · Clear filter

39 records · page 1 of 1
SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gymnotus anguillaris Hoedeman, 1962GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus arapiuns Kim, Crampton & Albert, 2020GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus ardilai Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert, 2004GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus bahianus Campos-da-Paz & Costa, 1996GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus capanema Milhomem, Crampton, Pierczeka, Shetka, Silva & Nagamachi, 2012GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus capitimaculatus Rangel-Pereira, 2014GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus cataniapo Mago-Leccia, 1994GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus chaviro Maxime & Albert, 2009GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus chimarrao Cognato, Richer-de-Forges, Albert & Crampton, 2008GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus choco Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus coatesi La Monte, 1935GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus coropinae Hoedeman, 1962GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus curupira Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus cylindricus La Monte, 1935GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus darwini Campos-da-Paz & de Santana, 2019GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus esmeraldas Albert & Crampton, 2003GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus eyra Craig, Correa-Roldán, Ortega, Crampton & Albert, 2018GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus henni Albert, Crampton & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2003GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus inaequilabiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus interruptus Rangel-Pereira, 2012GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus javari Albert, Crampton & Hagedorn, 2003GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus jonasi Albert & Crampton, 2001GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Spotted KnifefishGymnotus maculosus Albert & Miller, 1995GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus mamiraua Albert & Crampton, 2001GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus melanopleura Albert & Crampton, 2001GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus obscurus Crampton, Thorsen & Albert, 2005GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus omarorum Richer-de-Forges, Crampton & Albert, 2009GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus onca Albert & Crampton, 2001GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus panamensis Albert & Crampton, 2003GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus pantanal Fernandes, Albert, Daniel-Silva, Lopes, Crampton & Almeida-Toledo, 2005GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus pantherinus (Steindachner, 1908)GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus paraguensis Albert & Crampton, 2003GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus pedanopterus Mago-Leccia, 1994GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus stenoleucus Mago-Leccia, 1994GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus sylvius Albert & Fernandes-Matioli, 1999GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus tigre Albert & Crampton, 2003GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus tiquie Maxime, Lima & Albert, 2011GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gymnotus ucamara Crampton, Lovejoy & Albert, 2003GymnotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
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Source and selection

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n

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First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.