Genera that contain: Gymnotus [ 12 ] records

Carapus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:37, 57 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Masc. Gymnotus acus Brünnich 1768. Type established in ICZN Opinion 42, with authorship of type credited to Linnaeus but without date. •Valid as Carapus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Arnold 1956:260 [ref. 5315], Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Trott 1981:625 [ref. 14205], Williams 1984:388 [ref. 5314], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:99 [ref. 6441], Olney & Markle 1986:351 [ref. 5701], Trott & Olney in Whitehead et al. 1986:1173 [ref. 13677], Shen & Yeh 1987:47 [ref. 6418], Paxton et al. 1989:319 [ref. 12442], Markle & Olney 1990:373 [ref. 18996], Heemstra in Smith & Heemstra 1995:351 [ref. 21953], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:10, 11 [ref. 24448], Nielsen 1999:1978 [ref. 24753], Parmentier et al. 2000:293 [ref. 26179], Olney 2003:964 [ref. 27007], Parmentier et al. 2006:122 [ref. 28668], Hoese et al. 2006:552 [ref. 29051], Glynn et al. 2008:593 [ref. 29778], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:31 [ref. 36649], Fricke et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:40 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Carapus Rafinesque 1810. Carapidae: Carapinae.

Carapus Cuvier [G.] 1816:237 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Masc. Gymnotus macrurus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Earliest type designation not researched; Gymnotus macrourus Bloch 1786 is not an available name. Type species now valid as Sternopygus macrurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Carapus Rafinesque 1810 in fishes; replaced by Giton Kaup 1856. •Synonym of Sternopygus Müller & Troschel 1846 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:53 [ref. 21320], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sternopygus Müller & Troschel 1846. Sternopygidae: Sternopyginae.

Diaphasia Lowe [R. T.] 1843:92 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1843 (pt 11); ref. 2832] Fem. Gymnotus acus Brünnich 1768. Type by monotypy. Lowe gives synonymy as: Diaphus acus no author, Ophidium fierasfer of Risso and "Les Fierasfers" (Ophidium imberbe, L.); proposes Diaphasia for "barbarous" vernacular "Fierasfer." •Synonym of Carapus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Arnold 1956:260 [ref. 5315], Wheeler 1973:557 [ref. 7190], Markle in Nielsen et al. 1999:11 [ref. 24448]). Current status: Synonym of Carapus Rafinesque 1810. Carapidae: Carapinae.

Electrophorus Gill [T. N.] 1864:151 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 16 (no. 3); ref. 1698] Masc. Gymnotus electricus Linnaeus 1766. Type by monotypy. Until recently (Albert 2001 [ref. 25614]), this monotypic genus was placed in it's own family, Electrophoridae. •Valid as Electrophorus Gill 1864 -- (Triques 1993:123 [ref. 22107], Mago-Leccia 1994:57 [ref. 21320], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:424 [ref. 23853], Albert 2001:56 [ref. 25614] and moved to Gymnotidae, Crampton et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27064], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:483 [ref. 27061], Tagliacollo et al. 2016:27 [ref. 34087] in Gymnotidae, Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236], de Santana et al. 2019:1 [ref. 36958], Craig et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37060]). Current status: Valid as Electrophorus Gill 1864. Gymnotidae: Electrophorinae.

Gymnonotus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:521 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Masc. Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus 1758. Type by being an unjustified emendation. •Unjustified emendation of and synonym of Gymnotus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061]). Unjustified Emend.. Current status: Synonym of Gymnotus Linnaeus 1758. Gymnotidae: Gymnotinae.

Gymnotes Gill [T. N.] 1864:152 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 16 (no. 3); ref. 1698] Masc. Gymnotus aequilabiatus Humboldt 1805. Type by monotypy. Gender ambiguous, treated as masculine. •Synonym of Sternopygus Müller & Troschel 1846 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:23 [ref. 21320], Albert & Fink 1996:86 [ref. 22024], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:489 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[34] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Synonym of Sternopygus Müller & Troschel 1846. Sternopygidae: Sternopyginae.

Gymnotus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:246 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Masc. Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus 1758. Type by Linnaean tautonymy (also designated by Eigenmann 1910:450 [ref. 1224]). Unjustifiably emended to Gymnonotus by Bloch & Schneider 1801:521 [ref. 471]. •Valid as Gymnotus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Malabarba 1989:158 [ref. 14217], Triques 1993:123 [ref. 22107], Mago-Leccia 1994:53 [ref. 21320], Campos-da-Paz & Costa 1996:937 [ref. 22566], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:424 [ref. 23853], Albert & Fernandes-Matioli 1999:419 [ref. 23798], Britski et al. 1999:87 [ref. 24147], Fernandes-Matioli et al.2000:803 [ref. 30364], Albert 2001:56 [ref. 25614], Albert & Crampton 2001:241 [ref. 25031], Campos-da-Paz 2002:185 [ref. 26073], Crampton et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27064], Albert & Crampton 2003:2 [ref. 27077], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061], Crampton & Albert 2003:1 [ref. 27433], Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert 2004:2 [ref. 27978], Crampton et al. 2005:82 [ref. 28092], Fernandes et al. 2005:2 [ref. 28147], Mihhomem et al. 2007:55 [ref. 28947], Cognato et al. 2008:375 [ref. 29363], Richer-de-Forges et al. 2009:538 [ref. 30384], Maxime & Albert 2009:579 [ref. 30673], Frana et al. 2011:343 [ref. 31393], Milhomem 2012:802 [ref. 31815], Rangel-Pereira 2012:363 [ref. 32319], Alda et al. 2013:655 [ref. 32749], Rangel-Pereira 2014:169 [ref. 33401], Tagliacollo et al. 2016:27 [ref. 34087] in Gymnotidae, Giora & Malabarba 2016:581 [ref. 34157], Bertaco et al. 2016:422 [ref. 34561], Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236], Craig et al. 2017:401 [ref. 35568], Craig et al. 2018:47 [ref. 35800], Craig et al. 2018:111 [ref. 35904], Campos-da-Paz & de Santana 2019:144 [ref. 36608], Craig et al. 2019:21 [ref. 37060], Kim et al. 2020:468 [ref. 37696]). Current status: Valid as Gymnotus Linnaeus 1758. Gymnotidae: Gymnotinae.

Notopterus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:189 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Masc. Notopterus kapirat Lacepède 1800 (= Gymnotus notopterus Pallas 1769). Type is the species notopterus by absolute tautonymy of senior objective synonym of kapirat; two included species, with Gymnotus notopterus Gmelin (validated by Pallas) included in synonymy of kapirat. •Valid as Notopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Jayaram 1981:53 [ref. 6497], Kottelat 1989:4 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:24 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:237 [ref. 24860], Roberts 1992:363 [ref. 20012], Ataur Rahman 2003:262 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Notopterus Lacepède 1800. Notopteridae: Notopterinae.

Porotergus Ellis [C. H.] in Eigenmann 1912:423, 440 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Masc. Porotergus gymnotus Ellis 1912. Type by original designation. •Valid as Porotergus Ellis 1912 -- (see Mago-Leccia 1978:14 [ref. 5489], Triques 1993:123 [ref. 22107], Mago-Leccia 1994:32 [ref. 21320], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:433 [ref. 23853] but generic status uncertain, Albert 2001:56 [ref. 25614] as "Porotergus", Albert in Reis et al. 2003:500 [ref. 27061], Triques 2005:144 [ref. 28939], Albert & Crampton 2009:90 [ref. 30049], de Santana & Crampton 2010:165 [ref. 30762], Tagliacollo et al. 2016:30 [ref. 34087] in 'Navajini', Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:467 [ref. 35797]). Current status: Valid as Porotergus Ellis 1912. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae.

Rhamphichthys Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] in Müller 1846:194 [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin for 1844; ref. 13283] Masc. Gymnotus rostratus Linnaeus 1766. Type by monotypy. Appeared in footnote as Ramphichthys, corrected to Rhamphichthys by Müller & Troschel 1849:640 [ref. 3072]; Rhamphichthys in prevailing usage. Appeared first in 1846 as above, then in Müller & Troschel 1949:640 [ref. 3072] and 1849:15 [ref. 3073]. •Valid as Rhamphichthys Müller & Troschel 1846 (often dated to 1849 by authors) -- (see Mago-Leccia 1978:14 [ref. 5489], Triques 1993:123 [ref. 22107], Mago-Leccia 1994:40 [ref. 21320], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:425 [ref. 23853], Britski et al. 1999:86 [ref. 24147], Triques 1999:1 [ref. 24281], Albert 2001:56 [ref. 25614], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:492 [ref. 27061], Carvalho et al. 2011:400 [ref. 31553], de Santana & Crampton 2011:1155 [ref. 31643], Carvalho & Albert 2015:34 [ref. 33681], Tagliacollo et al. 2016:27 [ref. 34087] in Rhamphichthyinae, Bertaco et al. 2016:422 [ref. 34561], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236], Carvalho & Albert 2023:6 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Valid as Rhamphichthys Müller & Troschel 1846. Rhamphichthyidae.

Sternarchus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:497 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Masc. Gymnotus albifrons Linnaeus 1766. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Eigenmann 1910:448 [ref. 1224]. •Synonym of Apteronotus Lacepède 1800 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:27 [ref. 21320], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:430 [ref. 23853], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:498 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[6] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Synonym of Apteronotus Lacepède 1800. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae.

Sternopygus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] in Müller 1846:194 [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin for 1844; ref. 13283] Masc. Gymnotus aequilabiatus Humboldt 1805. Type by monotypy. Appeared in footnote. Also appeared as new in Müller & Troschel 1849:639 [ref. 3072]. Type selected by Ferraris et al. 2017:[34] [ref. 35236]; not macrurus Bloch; see discussion under Sternopygus on p. 34. •Valid as Sternopygus Müller & Troschel 1846 (often dated 1849 by authors) -- (Mago-Leccia 1978:28 [ref. 5489], Triques 1993:123 [ref. 22107], Mago-Leccia 1994:22 [ref. 21320], Albert & Fink 1996:86 [ref. 22024], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:427 [ref. 23853], Alves-Gomes 1998:453 [ref. 23854], Britski et al. 1999:87 [ref. 24147], Triques 2000:19 [ref. 25027], Albert 2001:56 [ref. 25614], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:489 [ref. 27061], Hulen et al. 2005:408 [ref. 28485], Meunier et al. 2011:47 [ref. 31379], Vari et al. 2012:670 [ref. 32101], Tagliacollo et al. 2016:27 [ref. 34087] in Sternopygidae, Bertaco et al. 2016:422 [ref. 34561], Ferraris et al. 2017:[34] [ref. 35236], Torgersen & Albert 2022:714 [ref. 39802], Torgersen et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40151]). Current status: Valid as Sternopygus Müller & Troschel 1846. Sternopygidae: Sternopyginae.