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Taxon: Family Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815 - gymnotid eels (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Rafinesque, 1815)
Unavailable original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 37 ("Ordine. I Ginnotini."). [family, nom. vernac.; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 91 ("S. F. Gymnotia."). ≡
Subsequent rank: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 57 ("Rafinesque 1815").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Gymnotiformes (Order) Gill, 1872
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Gymnotinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025). [inferred]
Type: Gymnotus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 20 May 2025; [<26 May 2025]. [inferred]

Synonyms

Including: Apteronotidae (Family) Jordan, 1923 Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
Including: Electrophoridae (Family) Gill, 1872 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 187. [implicit]
Including: Hypopomidae (Family) Eigenmann, 1912 Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
Including: Rhamphichthyidae (Family) Regan, 1911 Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
Including: Sternopygidae (Family) Cope, 1871 Ref: [Anonymous], 1995

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: sidderalen
: mesalen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: gymnotid eels Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025).
: nakedback knifefishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 238.
: nakedback knifefishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2463.
: electric fishes Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.
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