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Catalog of Fishes

Species that contain: Electrophorus and electricus [ 4 ] records

electricus, Gymnotus Linnaeus [C.] 1766:427 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Suriname; South American rivers. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]. Based on multiple sources, including the 'Gymnotus pinna ani ad extremum caudae latae truncatae ...' of Gronow 1763:41 [ref. 1910], and Seba 1759:108, pl. 34, fig. 6 [ref. 18716]. See Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061] for possible type. •Valid as Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:33 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:12 [ref. 9708], Mago-Leccia 1994:59 [ref. 21320], Planquette et al. 1996:414 [ref. 22818], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:424 [ref. 23853], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:483 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:103, 188 [ref. 35004], Reis et al. 2016:13, 15 [ref. 34496], Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:72 [ref. 35773], de Santana et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36958], Craig et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37060] in Electrophorinae, Ochoa et al. 2020:63 [ref. 37781], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507]). Current status: Valid as Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766). Gymnotidae: Electrophorinae. Distribution: South America: Guiana Shield (Guyana and Suriname). [Other species in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins and other areas in northern Brazil: Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.] Habitat: freshwater.

multivalvulus, Electrophorus Nakashima [S.] 1941:462, Fig. [Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" v. 5 (no. 19); ref. 13212] Río Pachitea, Río Puinahua, and Río Pacaya, eastern Peru. Syntypes: not researched. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]. Misspelled multitalvulus in table. •Questionably a synonym of Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:59 [ref. 21320]). •Synonym of Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]). •Valid as Electrophorus multivalvulus Nakashima 1941 -- (Craig et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37060] as multivalvulatus in Electrophorinae, Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Torgersen et al. 2023:777 [ref. 40692]). Current status: Valid as Electrophorus multivalvulus Nakashima 1941. Gymnotidae: Electrophorinae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon basin (Peru and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.

regius, Gymnotus Chiaje [S. delle] 1847:273 [Nuovi Annali delle Scienze naturali Bologna (Ser. 2) v. 8; ref. 17992] South America. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]. •Synonym of Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:59 [ref. 21320], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Synonym of Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766). Gymnotidae: Electrophorinae. Habitat: freshwater.

tremulus, Gymnotus Houttuyn [M.] 1764:111 [Natuurlyke historie; ref. 2219] North Sea [locality erroneous, should be South America]. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]. Based on Gymnotus pinna ani ad extremum caudae latae truncatae continuata of Gronovius 1763:41 [ref. 1910]. Forgotten name which was not used as valid after 1999, therefore reversal of priority in favor of Torpedo marmorata Risso 1810 is followed (Art. 23.9). Not treated by Mago-Leccia 1994 [ref. 21320]; see Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:483 [ref. 27061] for synonym as a nomen oblitum. •Synonym of Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:483 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766). Gymnotidae: Electrophorinae. Habitat: freshwater.


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