After Nelson, 1994, Albert & Crampton, 2005, and Correa, Crampton & Albert,, 2006, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Sternopygidae (“lasiveitsikalat”) [N: 5/15] [FB: 5/23] |?- Sternachus [not recognize by the Fishbase, nor by Albert & Crampton] |?- †Humboldtichthys kirschbaumi (Gayet et al., 1994) Gayet & Meunier, 2000 [Ellisella kirschbaumi Gayet et al., 1994] |--o Sternopygus Müller & Troschel, 1849 [A&C: 9+1] | |--o S. aequilabiatus (Humboldt, 1805) | | |-- S. a. aequilabiatus (Humboldt, 1805) | | |-- S. a. arenatus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850) | | |-- S. a. dariensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 | | `-- S. a. pejeraton Schultz, 1949 | |-- S. astrabes Mago-Leccia, 1994 | |-- S. castroi Triques, 1999 | |-- S. macrurus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Longtail knifefish) | `-- S. xingu Albert & Fink, 1996 `--+-- Archolaemus blax Korringa, 1970 `--+--o Distocyclus Mago-Leccia, 1994 [2] | |-- D. conirostris (Eigenmann & Allen, 1942) | `-- D. goajira (Schultz, 1949) |==o Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann, 1896 [A&C: 8+3] [paraphyletic] | |-- E. humboldtii (Steindachner, 1878) | |-- E. limbata (Schreiner & Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903) | |-- E. macrops (Boulenger, 1897) | |-- E. microstoma (Reinhardt, 1852) | |-- E. nigra Mago-Leccia, 1994 | |-- E. trilineata López & Castello, 1966 | `-- E. vicentespelaea Triques, 1996 `--+-- Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1842) (kärsäveitsikala; Glass knifefish) `--o Rhabdolichops Eigenmann & Allen, 1942 [A&C: 8+2] |?- R. jegui Keith & Meunier, 2000 [not treated phylogenetically by Correa, Crampton & Albert, 2006] |--+-- R. nigrimans Correa, Crampton & Albert, 2006 | `-- R. lundbergi Correa, Crampton & Albert, 2006 `--+-- R. electrogrammus Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986 `--+-- R. zareti Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986 `--+-- R. eastwardi Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986 |--+-- R. navalha Correa, Crampton & Albert, 2006 | `-- R. stewarti Lundberg & Mago-Leccia, 1986 `--+-- R. caviceps (Fernández-Yépez, 1968) `-- R. troscheli (Kaup, 1856)
Reference(s):
- Albert, J. S. & Crampton, W. G. R., 2005: Diversity and phylogeny of Neotropical electric fishes (Gymnotiformes). (360-409)
in Bullock, T. C., Hopkins, C. D., Popper, A. N., & Fay, R. R., (eds.), 2005: Electroreception.
–Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 2005, - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Correa, S. B., Crampton, W. G. R. & Albert, J. S., 2006: Three new species of the Neotropical electric fish Rhabdolichops (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the Central Amazon, with a new diagnosis of the genus.
–Copeia: Vol. 2006 [106], #1, pp. 27-42 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
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–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600