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    Family Accepted

    Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815

    Naked-back knifefish
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Gymnotiformes

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Elektromoskéshal-félék Hungarian
      Mesalen Dutch
      Naked-back knifefish English
      Nøgenryggede knivfisk Danish
      Peces cuchillo bandeados y Anguilas eléctricas Spanish
      cuchillos Spanish
      electric eels English
      knife-fishes English
      naked-back knifefishes English
      nakedback knifefishes English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Van Der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W. N., & Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa, 3882. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/

      Citation

      Gymnotidae Rafinesque, 1815 in undefined