Genera that contain: Sternopygus [ 6 ] records

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.

Cryptops Eigenmann [C. H.] 1894:626 [Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences v. 7 (art. 5); ref. 1214] Masc. Sternopygus humboldtii Steindachner 1878. Type by original designation. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cryptops Leach 1814 in Myriapoda, Cryptops Schoenherr 1823 and Cryptops Solier 1851 in Coleoptera, replaced by Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann 1896. •Synonym of Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Mago-Leccia 1978:19 [ref. 5489], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:488 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[31] [ref. 35236]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann 1896. Sternopygidae: Eigenmanniinae.

Eigenmannia Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:340, 341 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2443] Fem. Sternopygus humboldtii Steindachner 1878. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Cryptops Eigenmann 1894, preoccupied by Cryptops Leach 1814 in Myriopoda, Cryptops Schoenherr 1823 and Cryptops Solier 1851 in Coleoptera. •Valid as Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Mago-Leccia 1978:19 [ref. 5489], Malabarba 1989:156 [ref. 14217], Triques 1993:123 [ref. 22107], Mago-Leccia 1994:19 [ref. 21320], Triques 1996:1 [ref. 22216], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:428 [ref. 23853], Britski et al. 1999:87 [ref. 24147], Albert 2001:56 [ref. 25614] as "Eigenmannia", Albert in Reis et al. 2003:488 [ref. 27061], Proudlove 2006:159 [ref. 28992], Meunier et al. 2011:47 [ref. 31379], Tagliacollo et al. 2016:31 [ref. 34087] in Eigenmanninae, Peixoto & Wosiacki 2016:262 [ref. 34493], Bertaco et al. 2016:422 [ref. 34561], Campos-da-Paz & Queiroz 2017:73 [ref. 35026], Dutra et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35186], Peixoto & Waltz 2017:[1] [ref. 35224], Ferraris et al. 2017:[31] [ref. 35236], Waltz & Albert 2018:399 [ref. 35854], Dutra et al. 2018:132 [ref. 35941], Peixoto & Ohara 2019:1 [ref. 36930], Herrera-Collazos et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37453], Peixoto et al. 2021:1 [ref. 37849], Dutra et al. 2021:40 [ref. 38724], Dutra et al. 2022: 1 [ref. 39192], Cardoso & Dutra 2023:1 [ref. 40651], Dutra et al. 2024:1 [ref. 41236]). Current status: Valid as Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann 1896. Sternopygidae: Eigenmanniinae.

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.

Hildatia Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1968:[3] [Evencias No. 20; ref. 7318] Fem. Hildatia brasiliensis Fernández-Yépez 1968. Type by original designation (also monotypic). On unnumbered p. 3. •Synonym of Sternopygus Müller & Troschel 1846 -- (Mago-Leccia 1978:14, footnote [ref. 5489], Fink 1979 [ref. 6949], 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.

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.