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Gymnotiformes (disused)

Osteichthyes - Gymnotiformes

Taxonomy
Gymnotiformes is an order. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ostariophysi by Nelson (2006); to Otophysi by Long (2011); to Characiphysae by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Otophysa by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Gymnotiformes Nelson
2011Gymnotiformes Long p. 243
2013Gymnotiformes Betancur et al.
2019Gymnotiformes van der Laan p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysa
orderGymnotiformes
orderGymnotiformes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Gymnotidae [empty]
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Invalid names: Apteronotidae [empty], Rhamphichthyidae [empty], Sternopygidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:35
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available