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Electric Catfishes

Malapteruridae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Malapteruridae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Malapteruridae
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Malapteruridae
Recognized by Egypt Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Cameroon Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Liberia Species List, Malawi Species List, Mali Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Sudan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Togo Species List, Uganda Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Gulf of Guinea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Furui 2020, and United States Species List
Malapteruridae Bleeker 1858
Family recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Anacanthus Minding 1832
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Malapteruridae
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Fishbase, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

electric catfishes preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
Electric catfish
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Arabic

الرعّادة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

Էլեկտրական լոքո preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

африкански електрически сомове preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Malapterúrid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

電鯰科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Elektriske maller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Sähkömonnit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Georgian

ელექტრული ლოქო preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Elektrische Welse preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

שפמנוני חשמל preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

elektromosharcsa-félék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

デンキナマズ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Korean

전기메기과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Elektriniai šamai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

elektriske maller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

گربه‌ماهی برقی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Malapteruride preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Manikwe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

วงศ์ปลาดุกไฟฟ้า preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Електричні соми preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سمك السلور الكهربائى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Malapteruridae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Siluroidei
Malapteruridae (this page)
Malapterurus
Paradoxoglanis
Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
Amphiliidae
Anchariidae
Ariidae
Aspredinidae
Auchenipteridae
Austroglanididae
Bagridae
Cetopsidae
Chacidae
Clariidae
Claroteidae
Cranoglanididae
Doradidae
Erethistidae
Heptapteridae
Heteropneustidae
Horabagridae
Ictaluridae
Kryptoglanidae
Lacantuniidae
Mochokidae
Pangasiidae
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Ritidae
Schilbeidae
Siluridae
Sisoridae

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Malapteruridae (this page)
Malapterurus
Paradoxoglanis
Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
Amphiliidae
Anchariidae
Ariidae
Aspredinidae
Astroblepidae
Auchenipteridae
Austroglanididae
Bagridae
Callichthyidae
Cetopsidae
Chacidae
Clariidae
Claroteidae
Cranoglanididae
Diplomystidae
Doradidae
Erethistidae
Heptapteridae
Heteropneustidae
Ictaluridae
Kryptoglanidae
Lacantuniidae
Loricariidae
Mochokidae
Nematogenyidae
Olyridae
Pangasiidae
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Schilbeidae
Scoloplacidae
Siluridae
Sisoridae
Trichomycteridae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Siluroidei
Malapteruridae (this page)
Malapterurus
Paradoxoglanis
Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
Amphiliidae
Anchariidae
Ariidae
Aspredinidae
Auchenipteridae
Austroglanididae
Bagridae
Cetopsidae
Chacidae
Clariidae
Claroteidae
Cranoglanididae
Doradidae
Erethistidae
Heptapteridae
Heteropneustidae
Horabagridae
Ictaluridae
Kryptoglanidae
Lacantuniidae
Mochokidae
Pangasiidae
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Ritidae
Schilbeidae
Siluridae
Sisoridae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Siluroidei
Malapteruridae (this page)
Malapterurus
Paradoxoglanis
Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
Amphiliidae
Anchariidae
Ariidae
Aspredinidae
Auchenipteridae
Austroglanididae
Bagridae
Cetopsidae
Chacidae
Clariidae
Claroteidae
Cranoglanididae
Doradidae
Erethistidae
Heptapteridae
Heteropneustidae
Horabagridae
Ictaluridae
Kryptoglanidae
Lacantuniidae
Mochokidae
Pangasiidae
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Ritidae
Schilbeidae
Siluridae
Sisoridae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Malapteruridae (this page)
Malapterurus Lacépède 1803
Paradoxoglanis Norris 2002
Ageneiosidae
Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
Amphiliidae
Anchariidae
Andinichthyidae
Ariidae
Aspredinidae
Astroblepidae
Auchenipteridae
Austroglanididae
Bachmanniidae
Bagridae
Callichthyidae
Callitrichtyidae
Cetopsidae
Chacidae
Clariidae
Claroteidae
Cranoglanididae
Diplomystidae
Doradidae
Erethistidae
Helogeneidae
Heptapteridae
Heteropneustidae
Horabagridae
Hypophthalmidae
Hypsidoridae
Ictaluridae
Kryptoglanidae
Lacantuniidae
Loricariidae
Mochokidae
Nematogenyidae
Olyridae
Pangasiidae
Parakysidae
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Ritidae
Schilbeidae
Scoloplacidae
Siluridae
Sisoridae
Trachymochlus Hoedeman 1961
Trichomycteridae
Vorhisiidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Malapteruridae Bleeker 1858 (this page)
Malapterurus Lacepède 1803
Paradoxoglanis Norris 2002
Akysidae Gill 1861
Amblycipitidae Day 1873
Amphiliidae Regan 1911
Ariidae Bleeker 1862
Aspredinidae
Astroblepidae Bleeker 1862
Auchenipteridae Bleeker 1862
Bagridae Bleeker 1858
Callichthyidae Bonaparte 1838
Cetopsidae Bleeker 1858
Chacidae Bleeker 1858
Clariidae Bonaparte 1846
Cranoglanididae Myers 1931
Diplomystidae Eigenmann 1890
Doradidae Bleeker 1858
Erethistidae Bleeker 1862
Heptapteridae Gill 1861
Heteropneustidae Hora 1936
Hypophthalmidae
Ictaluridae Gill 1861
Lacantuniidae Rodiles-Hernández, Hendrickson & Lundberg 2005
Loricariidae Rafinesque 1815
Mochokidae Jordan 1923
Nematogenyidae Eigenmann 1927
Olyridae
Pangasiidae Bleeker 1858
Parakysidae Roberts 1989
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae Bleeker 1858
Pseudopimelodidae Fernández-Yépez & Martín 1953
Schilbeidae
Scoloplacidae Bailey & Baskin 1976
Siluridae Cuvier 1816
Siluriformes Children
Sisoridae Bleeker 1858
Trichomycteridae Bleeker 1858

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Malapteruridae (this page)
Malapterurus barbatus Norris 2002
Malapterurus beninensis Murray 1855
Malapterurus cavalliensis Roberts 2000
Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin 1789)
Malapterurus leonensis Roberts 2000
Malapterurus melanochir Norris 2002
Malapterurus microstoma Poll & Gosse 1969
Malapterurus minjiriya Sagua 1987
Malapterurus occidentalis Norris 2002
Malapterurus oguensis Sauvage 1879
Malapterurus punctatus Norris 2002
Malapterurus shirensis Roberts 2000
Malapterurus stiassnyae Norris 2002
Malapterurus tanoensis Roberts 2000
Malapterurus teugelsi Norris 2002
Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus Norris 2002
Paradoxoglanis cryptus Norris 2002
Paradoxoglanis parvus Norris 2002
Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
Amphiliidae
Anchariidae
Ariidae
Aspredinidae
Astroblepidae
Auchenipteridae
Austroglanididae
Bagridae
Callichthyidae
Cetopsidae
Chacidae
Clariidae
Claroteidae
Cranoglanididae
Diplomystidae
Doradidae
Erethistidae
Heptapteridae
Heteropneustidae
Ictaluridae
Lacantuniidae
Loricariidae
Mochokidae
Olyridae
Pangasiidae
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Schilbeidae
Scoloplacidae
Siluridae
Sisoridae
Trichomycteridae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Otomorpha
Ostariophysi
Otophysi
Characiphysae
Siluriformes
Siluroidei
Malapteruridae (this page)
Malapterurus
Paradoxoglanis
Akysidae
Amblycipitidae
Amphiliidae
Anchariidae
Ariidae
Aspredinidae
Auchenipteridae
Auchenoglanididae
Bagridae
Cetopsidae
Chacidae
Clariidae
Claroteidae
Cranoglanididae
Doradidae
Heptapteridae
Heteropneustidae
Ictaluridae
Lacantuniidae
Mochokidae
Pangasiidae
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Schilbeidae
Siluridae
Sisoridae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Ostariophysi
Siluriformes
Malapteruridae (this page)
Malapterurus
Paradoxoglanis
Ageneiosidae
Amblycipitidae
Amphiliidae
Anchariidae
Andinichthyidae
Ariidae
Aspredinidae
Auchenipteridae
Austroglanididae
Bachmanniidae
Bagridae
Bagroidea
Callitrichtyidae
Cetopsidae
Chacidae
Clariidae
Claroteidae
Conorhynchos
Cranoglanididae
Diplomystidae
Diplomystoidei
Doradidae
Doradoidea
Erethistidae
Heptapteridae
Heteropneustidae
Horabagridae
Hypophthalmidae
Hypsidoridae
Ictaluridae
Ictaluroidea
Kryptoglanidae
Lacantuniidae
Loricarioidea
Loricarioidei
Mochokidae
Nematogenyidae
Pangasiidae
Parakysidae
Pimelodidae
Plotosidae
Pseudopimelodidae
Ritidae
Schilbeidae
Schilbidae
Siluridae
Siluroidei
Sisoroidea
Sisoroidei
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