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