cataniapo, Gymnotus Mago-Leccia [F.] 1994:90, Fig. 100 [Electric fishes of the continental waters of America; ref. 21320] San Carlos de Rio Negro, in lagoon northeast of airstrip, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela, 1°55'N, 67°02'W. Holotype: MBUCV-V-14736. Paratypes: AMNH 58650 (2), 58668 (2); MBUCV-V-12088 (5), V-14154 (3), V-14300 (1), V-14340 (1), V-14374 (2), V-14757 (1), V-14781 (15), V-14788-89 (1, 1). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24196], Ferraris et al. 2017:[17] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Gymnotus cataniapo Mago-Leccia 1994 -- (Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Albert & Crampton 2001:243 [ref. 25031], Campos-da-Paz 2002:185 [ref. 26073], Crampton et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27064], Albert & Crampton 2003:3 [ref. 27077], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061], Crampton & Albert 2003:2 [ref. 27433], Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert 2004:2 [ref. 27978], Crampton et al. 2005:99 [ref. 28092], Milhomem et al. 2012:804 [ref. 31815], Ferraris et al. 2017:[17] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:72 [ref. 35773], Craig et al. 2019:66 [ref. 37060] in subgenus Lamontianus, Kim et al. 2020:481 [ref. 37696]). Current status: Valid as Gymnotus cataniapo Mago-Leccia 1994. Gymnotidae: Gymnotinae. Distribution: Orinoco River basin, Western Guianas: Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.
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