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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Sternopygidae
Genus: Distocyclus

Distocyclus is a genus of South American glass knifefishes, with one species in the Amazon basin and another in rivers in French Guiana.[1]
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus. A third species has sometimes been recognized, but it is better placed in the genus Eigenmannia as E. goajira,[2][3] although its exact taxonomic position is unresolved.[4]

Distocyclus conirostris C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942
Distocyclus guchereauae Meunier, Jégu & Keith, 2014[1]

References

Meunier, F.J., Jégu, M. & Keith, P. (2014): Distocyclus guchereauae a new species of Neotropical electric fish, (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae), from French Guiana. Cybium, 38 (3): 223-230.
Peixoto, L.A.W.; G.M. Dutra; W.B. Wosiacki (2015). "The electric glass knifefishes of the Eigenmannia trilineata species-group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): monophyly and description of seven new species". Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175 (2): 384–414. doi:10.1111/zoj.12274.
Eschmeyer, W.N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan (8 May 2018). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
Ferraris Jr, C.J.; C.D. de Santana; R.P. Vari (2017). "Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 15 (1). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20160067.

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