Apteronotidae

Ghost knifefishes

95 species

1. 1Adontosternarchus balaenops (Cope, 1878)fresh · tropical
2. 2Adontosternarchus clarkae Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985fresh · tropical
3. 3Adontosternarchus devenanzii Mago-Leccia, Lundberg & Baskin, 1985fresh · tropical
4. 4Adontosternarchus duartei de Santana & Vari, 2012fresh · tropical
5. 5Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007fresh · tropical
6. 6Adontosternarchus sachsi (Peters, 1877)fresh · tropical
7. 7Apteronotus acidops Triques, 2011fresh · tropical
8. 8Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766) · Black ghostfresh · tropical
9. 9Apteronotus anu de Santana & Vari, 2013fresh · tropical
10. 10Apteronotus apurensis Fernández-Yépez, 1968fresh · tropical
11. 11Apteronotus baniwa de Santana & Vari, 2013fresh · tropical
12. 12Apteronotus bonapartii (Castelnau, 1855)fresh · tropical
13. 13Apteronotus brasiliensis (Reinhardt, 1852)fresh · tropical
14. 14Apteronotus camposdapazi de Santana & Lehmann A., 2006fresh · tropical
15. 15Apteronotus caudimaculosus de Santana, 2003fresh · tropical
16. 16Apteronotus cuchillejo (Schultz, 1949)fresh · tropical
17. 17Apteronotus cuchillo Schultz, 1949fresh · tropical
18. 18Apteronotus curvioperculata (Godoy, 1968)fresh · tropical
19. 19Apteronotus ellisi (Alonso de Arámburu, 1957)fresh · subtropical
20. 20Apteronotus eschmeyeri de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo, Severi & Mendes, 2004fresh
21. 21Apteronotus ferrarisi de Santana & Vari, 2013fresh · tropical
22. 22Apteronotus galvisi de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo & Crampton, 2007fresh · tropical
23. 23Apteronotus jurubidae (Fowler, 1944)fresh · tropical
24. 24Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Ellis, 1912)fresh · tropical
25. 25Apteronotus lindalvae de Santana & Cox Fernandes, 2012fresh · tropical
26. 26Apteronotus macrolepis (Steindachner, 1881)fresh · tropical
27. 27Apteronotus macrostomus (Fowler, 1943)fresh · tropical
28. 28Apteronotus magdalenensis (Miles, 1945)fresh · tropical
29. 29Apteronotus magoi de Santana, Castillo & Taphorn, 2006fresh · tropical
30. 30Apteronotus mariae (Eigenmann & Fisher, 1914)fresh · tropical
31. 31Apteronotus milesi de Santana & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2005fresh · tropical
32. 32Apteronotus pemon de Santana & Vari, 2013fresh · tropical
33. 33Apteronotus rostratus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)fresh · tropical
34. 34Apteronotus spurrellii (Regan, 1914)fresh · tropical
35. 35Compsaraia compsa (Mago-Leccia, 1994)fresh · tropical
36. 36Compsaraia iara Bernt & Albert, 2017fresh · tropical
37. 37Compsaraia samueli Albert & Crampton, 2009 · Pelican Knifefishfresh · tropical
38. 38Megadontognathus cuyuniensis Mago-Leccia, 1994fresh · tropical
39. 39Megadontognathus kaitukaensis Campos-da-paz, 1999fresh · tropical
40. 40Orthosternarchus tamandua (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
41. 41Parapteronotus hasemani (Ellis, 1913)fresh · tropical
42. 42Pariosternarchus amazonensis Albert & Crampton, 2006fresh · tropical
43. 43Platyurosternarchus crypticus de Santana & Vari, 2009fresh · tropical
44. 44Platyurosternarchus macrostoma (Günther, 1870)fresh · tropical
45. 45Porotergus duende de Santana & Crampton, 2010fresh · tropical
46. 46Porotergus gimbeli Ellis, 1912fresh · tropical
47. 47Porotergus gymnotus Ellis, 1912fresh · tropical
48. 48Sternarchella calhamazon Lundberg, Coz Fernandes, Campos da Paz & Sullivan, 2013fresh · tropical
49. 49Sternarchella duccis (Lundberg, Cox Fernandes & Albert, 1996)fresh · tropical
50. 50Sternarchella orinoco Mago-Leccia, 1994fresh · deep-water
51. 51Sternarchella orthos Mago-Leccia, 1994fresh · tropical
52. 52Sternarchella patriciae Evans, Crampton & Albert, 2017fresh · tropical
53. 53Sternarchella raptor (Lundberg, Cox Fernandes & Albert, 1996)fresh · tropical
54. 54Sternarchella rex Evans, Crampton & Albert, 2017fresh · tropical
55. 55Sternarchella schotti (Steindachner, 1868)fresh · tropical
56. 56Sternarchella sima Starks, 1913fresh · tropical
57. 57Sternarchogiton labiatus de Santana & Crampton, 2007fresh · tropical
58. 58Sternarchogiton nattereri (Steindachner, 1868)fresh · tropical
59. 59Sternarchogiton porcinum Eigenmann & Allen, 1942fresh · tropical
60. 60Sternarchogiton preto de Santana & Crampton, 2007fresh · tropical
61. 61Sternarchogiton zuanoni de Santana & Vari, 2010fresh · tropical
62. 62Sternarchorhamphus muelleri (Steindachner, 1881)fresh · tropical
63. 63Sternarchorhynchus axelrodi de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Axelrod's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
64. 64Sternarchorhynchus britskii Campos-da-Paz, 2000 · Britski's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
65. 65Sternarchorhynchus caboclo de Santana & Nogueira, 2006 · Cabocolo tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
66. 66Sternarchorhynchus chaoi de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Chao's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
67. 67Sternarchorhynchus cramptoni de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Crampton's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
68. 68Sternarchorhynchus curumim de Santana & Crampton, 2006 · Curumim tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
69. 69Sternarchorhynchus curvirostris (Boulenger, 1887)fresh · tropical
70. 70Sternarchorhynchus freemani de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Freeman's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
71. 71Sternarchorhynchus galibi de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Galibi tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
72. 72Sternarchorhynchus gnomus de Santana & Taphorn, 2006 · Gnomus tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
73. 73Sternarchorhynchus goeldii de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Goeldi's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
74. 74Sternarchorhynchus hagedornae de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Hagedorn's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
75. 75Sternarchorhynchus higuchii de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Higuchi's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
76. 76Sternarchorhynchus inpai de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Inpa tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
77. 77Sternarchorhynchus jaimei de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Jamei's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
78. 78Sternarchorhynchus kokraimoro de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Kokraimoro tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
79. 79Sternarchorhynchus mareikeae de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Mareike's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
80. 80Sternarchorhynchus marreroi de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Marrero's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
81. 81Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Mendes' tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
82. 82Sternarchorhynchus mesensis Campos-da-Paz, 2000 · Mesensis tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
83. 83Sternarchorhynchus montanus de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Montanus tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
84. 84Sternarchorhynchus mormyrus (Steindachner, 1868) · Mormyrus tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
85. 85Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus (Müller & Troschel, 1849) · Oxyrhynchus tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
86. 86Sternarchorhynchus retzeri de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Retzer's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
87. 87Sternarchorhynchus roseni Mago-Leccia, 1994 · Rosen's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
88. 88Sternarchorhynchus schwassmanni de Santana & Vari, 2010fresh · tropical
89. 89Sternarchorhynchus severii de Santana & Nogueira, 2006 · Severi's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
90. 90Sternarchorhynchus starksi de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Stark's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
91. 91Sternarchorhynchus stewarti de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Stewart's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
92. 92Sternarchorhynchus taphorni de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Taphorn's tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
93. 93Sternarchorhynchus villasboasi de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Villasboas' tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
94. 94Sternarchorhynchus yepezi de Santana & Vari, 2010 · Yepez' tube-snouted ghost knifefishfresh · tropical
95. 95Tembeassu marauna Triques, 1998fresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.