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Banded Knifefish
Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Gymnotiformes - knifefishes »  family Gymnotidae - nakedback knifefishes »  genus Gymnotus

Scientific synonyms

Sternopygus carapo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gymnotus albus Pallas, 1769
Gymnotus brachiurus Bloch, 1786
Gymnotus carapus Linnaeus, 1758
Sternopygus carapus Günther, 1870
Gymnotus fasciatus Pallas, 1769
Carapus fasciatus (Pallas, 1769)
Giton fasciatus (Pallas, 1769)
Carapus macrourus Cuvier, 1870
Gymnotus putaol Lacépède, 1800

Other names

= Cutlass Fish
= Eel Knifefish

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Included taxa

Number of records: 7

subspecies Gymnotus carapo australis Craig, Crampton & Albert, 2017
subspecies Gymnotus carapo caatingaensis Craig, Crampton & Albert, 2017
subspecies Gymnotus carapo carapo Linnaeus, 1758
subspecies Gymnotus carapo madeirensis Craig, Crampton & Albert, 2017
subspecies Gymnotus carapo occidentalis Craig, Crampton & Albert, 2017
subspecies Gymnotus carapo orientalis Craig, Crampton & Albert, 2017
subspecies Gymnotus carapo septentrionalis Craig, Crampton & Albert, 2017

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [10915]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication 2025 [species/10590]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 25 March 2025
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [186417]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2004): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 4. Paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii), kostnatí (Neopterygii) – trnobřiší (Characiformes), nahohřbetí (Gymnotiformes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 171 pp. [as Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 18 June 2013
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