Tab. 1. Number of valid gymnotiform genera and species (genera/species) recognized in previous compilations. Günther, Eigenmann and Ellis included all taxa within the Gymnotidae (except a monotypic Electrophoridae); taxa broken down here by current treatment of families. Mago-Leccia recognized the five listed families but separated Electrophorus into a separate family, which is placed here within the Gymnotidae; Mago-Leccia recognized three additional subspecies of Sternopygus aequilabiatus, which are not included in the totals. Albert, Crampton included unnamed species that they considered valid; those species are not included in the totals for each family, but are noted in parentheses.
|
Günther, 1870 |
Eigenmann, Ward, 1905 |
Eigenmann, 1910 |
Ellis, 1913 |
Mago-Leccia, 1994 |
Reis et al., 2003 |
Albert, Crampton, 2005 |
This list |
| Apteronotidae |
1/8 |
6/14 |
4/14 |
7/15 |
12/41 |
13/44 |
13/45 (16) |
14/93 |
| Gymnotidae |
2/2 |
1/1 |
2/3 |
2/2 |
2/10 |
2/19 |
2/33 (3) |
2/41 |
| Hypopomidae |
0/0 |
2/3 |
2/3 |
2/3 |
6/14 |
7/14 |
7/16 (13) |
6/34 |
| Rhamphichthyidae |
1/6 |
1/3 |
1/3 |
2/2 |
2/9 |
3/13 |
3/12 (0) |
5/27 |
| Sternopygidae |
1/4 |
2/8 |
2/9 |
2/5 |
5/23 |
5/27 |
6/29 (6) |
7/45 |
| (Total) |
4/20 |
12/29 |
11/35 |
15/27 |
27/97 |
30/117 |
31/135 (38) |
34/240 |