FAMILY Apteronotidae Jordan, ghost knifefishes [=?Ophichthytes, Sternarchidae, Adontosternarchinae, Sternarchorhynchinae, Oedemognathinae,

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1 FAMILY Apteronotidae Jordan, ghost es [=?Ophichthytes, Sternarchidae, Adontosternarchinae, Sternarchorhynchinae, Oedemognathinae, Sternarchorhamphini, Sternarchellini, Porotergini] GENUS Adontosternarchus Ellis, in Eigenmann, ghost es Species Adontosternarchus balaenops (Cope, 1878) - Pebas ghost Species Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia et al., Raudal ghost Species Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia et al., Cano Cuajarito dwarf Species Adontosternarchus duartei de Santana & Vari, Beruri ghost Species Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, nebulosus ghost Species Adontosternarchus sachsi (Peters, 1877) - Sachs' ghost GENUS Apteronotus Lacépède, ghost es, black ghost es [=Memarchus, Sternarchus, Ubidia] Species Apteronotus acidops Triques, long-snouted electric fish Species Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1758) - apteronotid eel [=lacepedii, maximilliani, passan] Species Apteronotus anu de Santana & Vari, black ghost Species Apteronotus apurensis Fernández-Yépez, Apure ghost Species Apteronotus baniwa de Santana & Vari, Baniwa ghost Species Apteronotus bonapartii (Castelnau, 1855) - Bonapart's ghost [=anas] Species Apteronotus brasiliensis (Reinhardt, 1852) - Velhas ghost Species Apteronotus camposdapazi de Santana & Lehmann A., Rosariana black electric ghost Species Apteronotus caudimaculosus de Santana, Novo black ghost Species Apteronotus cuchillejo (Schultz, 1949) - Motatan black ghost

2 Species Apteronotus cuchillo Schultz, cuchillo black ghost Species Apteronotus ellisi (Alonso de Arámburu, 1957) - Parana black ghost Species Apteronotus eschmeyeri de Santana et al., Eschmeyer's black ghost Species Apteronotus ferrarisi de Santana & Vari, Yaracuy black ghost Species Apteronotus galvisi de Santana et al., Cusiana ghost Species Apteronotus jurubidae (Fowler, 1944) - Jurubida ghost Species Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Ellis, 1912) - brown ghost Species Apteronotus lindalvae de Santana & Cox Fernandes, Uatuma ghost Species Apteronotus macrolepis (Steindachner, 1881) - macrolepis ghost Species Apteronotus macrostomus (Fowler, 1943) - macrostomus ghost Species Apteronotus magdalenensis (Miles, 1945) - Magdalena ghost Species Apteronotus magoi de Santana et al., Mago ghost Species Apteronotus mariae (Eigenmann & Fisher, 1914) - Girardot ghost Species Apteronotus milesi de Santana & Maldonado-Ocampo, Amparo ghost Species Apteronotus paranaensis (Schindler, 1940) - Parana ghost Species Apteronotus pemon de Santana & Vari, Bolivara ghost Species Apteronotus rostratus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) - rostrate ghost Species Apteronotus spurrellii (Regan, 1914) - Spurrell's ghost GENUS Compsaraia Albert, ghost es Species Compsaraia compsa (Mago-Leccia, 1994) - compsa ghost Species Compsaraia iara Bernt & Albert, iara ghost Species Compsaraia samueli Albert & Crampton, Samuel's ghost GENUS Megadontognathus Mago-Leccia, ghost es Species Megadontognathus cuyuniense Mago-Leccia, Cuyuni ghost Species Megadontognathus kaitukaensis Campos-da-paz, Kaituka ghost GENUS Orthosternarchus Ellis, tamandua es

3 Species Orthosternarchus tamandua (Boulenger, 1898) - tamandua GENUS Parapteronotus Albert, dragon es Species Parapteronotus hasemani (Ellis, 1913) - dragon, dolphin [=anas] GENUS Pariosternarchus Albert & Crampton, Amazon es Species Pariosternarchus amazonensis Albert & Crampton, Amazon GENUS Platyurosternarchus Mago-Leccia, ghost es Species Platyurosternarchus crypticus de Santana & Vari, Moco-Moco ghost Species Platyurosternarchus macrostoma (Günther, 1870) - whitewater ghost GENUS Porotergus Ellis, in Eigenmann, ghost es Species Porotergus duende de Santana & Crampton, Solimoes ghost Species Porotergus gimbeli Ellis, Para ghost Species Porotergus gymnotus Ellis, gymnotus ghost GENUS Sternarchella Eigenmann, in Eigenmann & Ward, ghost es [=Magosternarchus] Species Sternarchella calhamazon Lundberg et al., Maderia ghost Species Sternarchella duccis (Lundberg et al., in Lundberg et al., 1996) - Branco ghost Species Sternarchella orinoco Mago-Leccia, Orinoco ghost Species Sternarchella orthos Mago-Leccia, orthos ghost Species Sternarchella patriciae Evans et al., Maldonado ghost Species Sternarchella raptor (Lundberg et al., in Lundberg et al., 1996) - Solimoes ghost Species Sternarchella rex Evans et al., Mamiraua ghost Species Sternarchella schotti (Steindachner, 1868) - Schott's ghost [=capanemae, terminalis] Species Sternarchella sima Starks, sima ghost GENUS Sternarchogiton Eigenmann, in Eigenmann & Ward, ghost es

4 [=Oedemognathus] Species Sternarchogiton labiatus de Santana & Crampton, tri-lobe lipped ghost Species Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner, 1868) - sponge-eating ghost [=exodon] Species Sternarchogiton porcinum Eigenmann & Allen, porcinum ghost Species Sternarchogiton preto de Santana & Crampton, Tefe ghost Species Sternarchogiton zuanoni de Santana & Vari, Zuanon ghost GENUS Sternarchorhamphus Eigenmann, in Eigenmann & Ward, ghost es Species Sternarchorhamphus muelleri (Steindachner, 1881) - Mueller's ghost GENUS Sternarchorhynchus Castelnau, ghost es, tube-snouted ghost es [=Rhamphosternarchus] Species Sternarchorhynchus axelrodi de Santana & Vari, Axelrod's tube-snouted Species Sternarchorhynchus britskii Campos-da-Paz, Parama ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus caboclo de Santana & Nogueira, Mucajai ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus chaoi de Santana & Vari, Chao ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus cramptoni de Santana & Vari, Crampton's ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus curumim de Santana & Crampton, Toco Preto ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus curvirostris (Boulenger, 1887) - Bobanaza tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus freemani de Santana & Vari, Essequibo ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus galibi de Santana & Vari, Lawa ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus gnomus de Santana & Taphorn, gnomus ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus goeldii de Santana & Vari, Goeldi's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus hagedornae de Santana & Vari, Hagedorn's tube-snouted ghost

5 Species Sternarchorhynchus higuchii de Santana & Vari, Higuchi's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus inpai de Santana & Vari, Inpa tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus jaimei de Santana & Vari, Jaime's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus kokraimoro de Santana & Vari, Kokraimoro tube-snouted Species Sternarchorhynchus mareikeae de Santana & Vari, Mareike's tube-snouted Species Sternarchorhynchus marreroi de Santana & Vari, Marrero's tube-snouted Species Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari, Mendes' tube-snouted Species Sternarchorhynchus mesensis Campos-da-Paz, Mesa tube-snouted Species Sternarchorhynchus montanus de Santana & Vari, montanus tube-snouted Species Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus (Steindachner, 1868) - mormyrus tube-snouted Species Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus (Müller & Troschel, 1849) - elephant-nose [=mulleri] Species Sternarchorhynchus retzeri de Santana & Vari, Retzer's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus roseni Mago-Leccia, Rosen's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus schwassmanni de Santana & Vari, Schwassmann's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus severii de Santana & Nogueira, Severi's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus starksi de Santana & Vari, Starks' tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus stewarti de Santana & Vari, Stewart's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus taphorni de Santana & Vari, Taphorn's tube-snouted ghost Species Sternarchorhynchus villasboasi de Santana & Vari, Villasboas' tube-snouted

6 Species Sternarchorhynchus yepezi de Santana & Vari, Yepez' tube-snouted ghost GENUS Tembeassu Triques, weakly electric es Species Tembeassu marauna Triques, Parana weakly electric

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