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Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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order
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Gymnotiformes
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family
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Gymnotidae
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genus
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Gymnotus
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species
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Gymnotus carapo
Name
- Synonyms
- Carapus fasciatus (Pallas, 1769)
- Carapus macrourus Cuvier, 1870
- Giton fasciatus (Pallas, 1769)
- Gymnotum album Pallas, 1769
- Gymnotum fasciatum Pallas, 1769
- Gymnotus albus Pallas, 1769
- Gymnotus brachiurus Bloch, 1786
- Gymnotus carapus Linnaeus, 1758
- Gymnotus fasciatus Pallas, 1769
- Gymnotus putaol Lacepède, 1800
- Sternopygus carapo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sternopygus carapus Günther, 1870
- Homonyms
- Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Akomoe in language.
- Alapo in language.
- Alapotanchiayi in language.
- Alapotaïni in language.
- Amerikanischer Messerfisch in German
- Angi in language.
- Anguila in Spanish
- Anguille in language.
- Banded knifefish in English
- Banded knifefish in English
- Banded knifefish in English
- Bloblo in language.
- Booboo in language.
- Carapo in Spanish
- Carapo in Spanish
- Carapo in Portuguese
- Carapó in Portuguese
- Cutlass fish in English
- Eel knifefish in English
- Gebänderter Messeraal in German
- Gebänderter Messerfisch in German
- Gymnote rayé in French
- Gymnote rayé in French
- Gymnotid eel in English
- Harilik paljaskala in Estonian
- Ituí in Portuguese
- Ituï in Portuguese
- Kaloyë in language.
- Lobo lobo in language.
- Logologo in language.
- Maléto in language.
- Morenita in Portuguese
- Obyknovennyi gimnot in Russian
- Oumet penatou in language.
- Oumépénatou in language.
- Peixe espada do rio in Portuguese
- Pirá mboi in Portuguese
- Sabão in Portuguese
- Sarapo in Portuguese
- Sarapó in Portuguese
- Sidiol in language.
- Stribet elektroål in Danish
- Tira faca in Portuguese
- Tuvira in Portuguese
- Tuí in Portuguese
- Varapó in Portuguese
- Veitsikala in Finnish
- banded knifefish in language.
- banded knifefish in English
- banded knifefish in language.
Bibliographic References
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Albert, J. S.; Crampton, W. G. R. (2003). Seven new species of the neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) with a redescription of G. carapo (Linnaeus). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 287: 1-54.
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Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
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Fowler, H. W. 1945. Colombian zoological survey. Pt. I.--The freshwater fishes obtained in 1945. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 97: 93-135. | Eigenmann, C. H. 1922. The fishes of western South America, Part I. The fresh-water fishes of northwestern South America, including Colombia, Panama, and the Pacific slopes of Ecuador and Peru, together with an appendix upon the fishes of the Rio Meta in Colombia. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 9 (1): 1-346.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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Galvis, G., Sánchez-Duarte, P., Mesa-Salazar, L., López-Pinto, Y., Gutiérrez-E, M., Gutiérrez-Cortéz, Á., Castaño, M., Castellanos, C. 2007. Peces de la Amazonía colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Incoder, 489p.
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
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Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em>
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Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.