Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Gymnotiformes
- family
- Apteronotidae
- genus
- Apteronotus
- species
- Apteronotus albifrons
Name
- Synonyms
- Apteronotus passan Lacepède, 1800
- Gymnotus albifrons Linnaeus, 1766
- Sternarchus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Sternarchus lacepedii Castelnau, 1855
- Sternarchus maximilliani Castelnau, 1855
- Homonyms
- Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Common names
- Amerikanischer Weißstirn Messerfisch in German
- Black ghost in English
- Black ghost knifefish in English
- Black ghost, Black ghost knifefish in English
- Bloblo, Sab in language.
- Boóboó in language.
- Bëbë in language.
- Chernaya nozhetelka in Russian
- Cuchillo in Spanish
- Cuchillo caballo in Spanish
- Cá dao ma đen in Vietnamese
- Duch brazylijski in Polish
- Hvidpandet elektroål in Danish
- Itoui cavalo in Portuguese
- Ituí cavalo in Portuguese
- Ituí-cavalo in Portuguese
- Ituí-cavalo in language.
- Iwak setan in Javanese
- Juodoji vairauodegė peiliažuvė in Lithuanian
- Kulumïmïnë in language.
- Must niitselgkala in Estonian
- Mustaveitsikala in Finnish
- Peixe-faca-preto in Portuguese
- Poisson-couteau noir de jais in French
- Poisson-couteau, Poisson-couteau noir de jais in French
- Weissstirn-Messerfisch in German
- apteronotid eel in English
- apteronotid eel in English
- apteronotid eel in language.
- cheroga in Spanish
- nožovka běločelá in Czech
- pesce coltello fantasma in Italian
- setan hitam in Indonesian
- Чёрная ножетелка in Russian
- черен нож in Bulgarian
- سمك سكين الشبح الأسود in Arabic
- کارد ماهی شبح سیاه in Persian
- ปลาผีดำ in Thai
- ปลาแบล็คโกสต์ in Thai
- 線翎電鰻 in Chinese
- 线翎电鳗 in language.
- Black ghost knifefish in English
- Black ghost in English
- Bobo in language.
- Ituí-cavalo in Portuguese
Bibliographic References
- 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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- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
- 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.
- Torgersen, K. T., J. D. Bogotá-Gregory, A. Acosta-Santos, J. J. Potosí-Chuña, E. Agudelo-Cordoba & J. S. Albert. 2023. Gymnotiform electric fishes of the Tres Fronteras region of the western Amazon. Check List 19 (5): 767–790. | Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A. & J. S. Albert. 2003. Species diversity of gymnotiform fishes (Gymnotiformes, Teleostei) in Colombia. Biota Colombiana 4 (2): 147-165. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.767