FishBase lists 89 species in 16 genera, However, after a number of recent taxonomic advances, ''
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes'' recognizes 94 species in 16 genera and 2 subfamilies. • Subfamily
Apteronotinae Jordan, 1923 • Genus
Adontosternarchus Ellis, 1912 • Genus
Apteronotus Lacépède, 1800 • Genus
Compsaraia Albert, 2001 • Genus
Megadontognathus Mago-Leccia, 1994 • Genus
Melanosternarchus Bernt, Crampton,
Orfinger & Albert, 2018 • Genus
Parapteronotus Albert, 2001 • Genus
Pariosternarchus Albert &
Crampton, 2006 • Genus
Platyurosternarchus Mago-Leccia, 1994 • Genus
Porotergus Ellis, 1912 • Genus
Sternarchella Eigenmann, 1905 • Genus
Sternarchogiton Eigenmann, 1905 • Genus
Sternarchorhynchus Castelnau, 1855 • Genus
Tembeassu Triques, 1998 • Genus
Tenebrosternarchus Bernt, Fronk, Evans & Albert, 2020 • Subfamily
Sternarchorhamphinae Albert, 2001 • Genus
Orthosternarchus Ellis, 1912 • Genus
Sternarchorhamphus Eigenmann, 1905 File:Adontosternarchus balaenops.jpg|
Adontosternarchus balaenops File:Apteronotus albifrons.jpg|
Apteronotus albifrons File:Compsaraia samueli.jpg|
Compsaraia samueli File:LatPT2 gray.tif|
Melanosternarchus amaru File:Orthosternarchus tamandua.png|
Orthosternarchus tamandua File:Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus.jpg|
Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus File:Tenebrosternarchus preto.jpg|
Tenebrosternarchus preto The following
cladogram is based on a 2019
phylogenetic study analyzing both
mitochondrial and
nuclear gene sequences of Apteronotidae: |1= |2=
Rhabdolichops cf.
stewarti }} }} ==References==