ADW: Gymnotus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Gymnotiformes
        
        Family Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes)
        
        Genus Gymnotus
        
        Species Gymnotus anguillaris
        
        Species Gymnotus arapaima
        
        Species Gymnotus ardilai
        
        Species Gymnotus bahianus
        
        Species Gymnotus carapo (Banded knifefish)
        
        Species Gymnotus cataniapo
        
        Species Gymnotus chimarrao
        
        Species Gymnotus choco
        
        Species Gymnotus coatesi
        
        Species Gymnotus coropinae
        
        Species Gymnotus curupira
        
        Species Gymnotus cylindricus
        
        Species Gymnotus diamantinensis
        
        Species Gymnotus esmeraldas
        
        Species Gymnotus henni
        
        Species Gymnotus inaequilabiatus
        
        Species Gymnotus javari
        
        Species Gymnotus jonasi
        
        Species Gymnotus maculosus (Knifefish)
        
        Species Gymnotus mamiraua
        
        Species Gymnotus melanopleura
        
        Species Gymnotus obscurus
        
        Species Gymnotus omarorum
        
        Species Gymnotus onca
        
        Species Gymnotus panamensis
        
        Species Gymnotus pantanal
        
        Species Gymnotus pantherinus
        
        Species Gymnotus paraguensis
        
        Species Gymnotus pedanopterus
        
        Species Gymnotus stenoleucus
        
        Species Gymnotus sylvius
        
        Species Gymnotus tigre
        
        Species Gymnotus ucamara
        
        Species Gymnotus varzea

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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