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Sternopygus
Müller & Troschel, 1846
(fish)
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Entity:
Sternopyginae (Subfamily) - rattail knifefishes
..Sternopygus (Genus)
....Sternopygus aequilabiatus (Species)
....Sternopygus arenatus (Species)
....Sternopygus astrabes (Species)
....Sternopygus branco (Species)
....Sternopygus castroi (Species)
....Sternopygus dariensis (Species)
....Sternopygus macrurus (Species) - longtail knifefish
....Sternopygus obtusirostris (Species)
....Sternopygus pejeraton (Species)
....Sternopygus xingu (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Müller & Troschel,
in
Müller, 1846
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Müller, [J.] 1846,
Abh. Kön. Akad. Wiss. Berlin
1844
: 194 (footnote 2: "neue Gattungen", "Müll. Trosch.").
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Types
Type of
:
Sternopygidae
(Family)
Cope, 1871
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<26 May 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Sternopyginae
(Subfamily)
Cope, 1871
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Sternopygoidei
(Suborder)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
stompkopmesalen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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21 Sep 2025