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Platyurosternarchus crypticus de Santana & Vari, 2009

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Platyurosternarchus crypticus de Santana & Vari, 2009
Name authority
de Santana & Vari, 2009
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gymnotiformes
Family
Apteronotidae
Genus
Platyurosternarchus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderGymnotiformes
  11. suborderSinusoidei Janzen, Sabaj, Crampton & Lovejoy, 2026
  12. familyApteronotidae Jordan, 1923
  13. subfamilyApteronotinae Jordan, 1923
  14. genusPlatyurosternarchus Mago-Leccia, 1994
  15. speciesPlatyurosternarchus crypticus de Santana & Vari, 2009

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 74 records assigned to Apteronotidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. De Santana, C. D., & Vari, R. P. (2009). The South American Electric Fish Genus Platyurosternarchus (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Copeia, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1643/ci-08-082 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4JZVS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.