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==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 ''[[Eigenmannia goajira|E. goajira]]'',<ref name=Peixoto2015>{{cite journal| author1=Peixoto, L.A.W. | author2=G.M. Dutra | author3=W.B. Wosiacki | year=2015 | title=The electric glass knifefishes of the Eigenmannia trilineata species-group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): monophyly and description of seven new species | journal=Zool. J. Linn. Soc. | volume=175 | pages=
* ''[[Distocyclus conirostris]]'' <small>[[Carl H. Eigenmann|C. H. Eigenmann]] & [[William Ray Allen|W. R. Allen]], 1942</small>
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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
- ^ a b 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: 384–414.
- ^ 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.