Taxonomy Profile: Apteronotus (Lacepède 1800)

Apteronotus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Sternarchus
Bloch and Schneider 1801
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Apteronotus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Ostariophysi
Suborder : Sternopygoidei
Family : Apteronotidae
apteronotid eels |
ghost knifefishes |
Genus : Apteronotus
Apteronotus Direct Children(s):
Apteronotus albifrons
(Linnaeus 1766)
Apteronotus apurensis
(Fernández-Yépez 1968)
Apteronotus bonapartii
(Castelnau 1855)
Apteronotus brasiliensis
(Reinhardt 1852)
Apteronotus cuchillejo
(Schultz 1949)
Apteronotus cuchillo
(Schultz 1949)
Apteronotus ellisi
(Alonso de Arámburu 1957)
Apteronotus eschmeyeri
(Santana Maldonado-Ocampo Severi and Mendes 2004)
Apteronotus jurubidae
(Fowler 1944)
Apteronotus leptorhynchus
(Ellis in Eigenmann 1912)
Apteronotus macrolepis
(Steindachner 1881)
Apteronotus marauna
(Triques 1998)
Apteronotus mariae
(Eigenmann and Fisher 1914)
Apteronotus rostratus
(Meek and Hildebrand 1913)
Apteronotus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Apteronotus
Source:
Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004
Acquired:
2004-05-13
Notes:
http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
Reference for:
Apteronotus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Catalog of Fishes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
Page(s):
2905
Publisher:
California Academy of Sciences
Publication Place:
San Francisco, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-940228-47-5/
Notes:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
Reference for:
Apteronotus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Apteronotus
Apteronotus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Apteronotus: Comments