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Sternarchella orthos Mago-Leccia, 1994

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
Sternarchella orthos Mago-Leccia, 1994
Name authority
Mago-Leccia, 1994
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gymnotiformes
Family
Apteronotidae
Genus
Sternarchella
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. tribeSternachellini Albert, 2001
  15. genusSternarchella Eigenmann, 1905
  16. speciesSternarchella orthos Mago-Leccia, 1994

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Sternarchella schotti (Steindachner, 1868)ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sternarchella sima Starks, 1913ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sternarchella patriciae Evans, Crampton & Albert, 2017ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sternarchella rex Evans, Crampton & Albert, 2017ApteronotidaeChordataAccepted 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. Mago-Leccia, F. (1994). Electric fishes of the continental waters of America. Caracas, Fundacion Para El Desarrollo de Las Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas Y Naturales, 1–206, 16 unnumbered tables. [Spanish summary.]. 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:6ZSD3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.