Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Gymnotiformes: family
Gymnotidae: genus
Gymnotus: species
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: Alapo in language.; Alapo in language.; Alapotãsiay in language.; Angi, Bloblo in language.; Banded knifefish in English; Boóboó in language.; Gebänderter Messeraal in German; Gymnote rayé in French; Gymnote rayé in French; Gymnote rayé in French; Logologo in language.; Miwa, Kaloi in language.; Morena Mamacha in Spanish; Peixe-elétrico-listrado in Portuguese; Punup pareunawikyene in language.; Sarapó in language.; Stribet elektroål in Danish; Veitsikala in Finnish; banded knifefish in English; banded knifefish in language.; banded knifefish in English; gymnotid eel in language.; gymnotid eel in English; gymnotid eel in English; paúhořovec příčnopruhý in Czech; Гимнот in Russian

Bibliographic References

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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.
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.
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
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.
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
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. Scientific Data. 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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.