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Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007

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
Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007
Name authority
Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gymnotiformes
Family
Apteronotidae
Genus
Adontosternarchus
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. genusAdontosternarchus Ellis, 1912
  15. speciesAdontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Adontosternarchus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Adontosternarchus sachsi (Peters, 1877)ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Adontosternarchus duartei de Santana & Vari, 2012ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Adontosternarchus balaenops (Cope, 1878)ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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. Lundberg, J. G., & Fernandes, C. C. (2007). A new species of South American ghost knifefish (Apteronotidae: Adontosternarchus) from the Amazon Basin. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 156. https://doi.org/10.1635/0097-3157(2007)156[27:ansosa]2.0.co;2 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:654C7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.