Gymnotus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:246 Masc. Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus 1758. Type by Linnaean tautonymy (also designated by Eigenmann 1910:450 [ref. 1224]). Unjustifiably emended to Gymnonotus by Bloch & Schneider 1801:521 [ref. 471]. •Valid as Gymnotus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Malabarba 1989:158 [ref. 14217], Triques 1993:123 [ref. 22107], Mago-Leccia 1994:53 [ref. 21320], Campos-da-Paz & Costa 1996:937 [ref. 22566], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:424 [ref. 23853], Albert & Fernandes-Matioli 1999:419 [ref. 23798], Britski et al. 1999:87 [ref. 24147], Fernandes-Matioli et al.2000:803 [ref. 30364], Albert 2001:56 [ref. 25614], Albert & Crampton 2001:241 [ref. 25031], Campos-da-Paz 2002:185 [ref. 26073], Crampton et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27064], Albert & Crampton 2003:2 [ref. 27077], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061], Crampton & Albert 2003:1 [ref. 27433], Maldonado-Ocampo & Albert 2004:2 [ref. 27978], Crampton et al. 2005:82 [ref. 28092], Fernandes et al. 2005:2 [ref. 28147], Mihhomem et al. 2007:55 [ref. 28947], Cognato et al. 2008:375 [ref. 29363], Richer-de-Forges et al. 2009:538 [ref. 30384], Maxime & Albert 2009:579 [ref. 30673], Frana et al. 2011:343 [ref. 31393], Milhomem 2012:802 [ref. 31815], Rangel-Pereira 2012:363 [ref. 32319], Alda et al. 2013:655 [ref. 32749], Rangel-Pereira 2014:169 [ref. 33401], Tagliacollo et al. 2016:27 [ref. 34087] in Gymnotidae, Giora & Malabarba 2016:581 [ref. 34157], Bertaco et al. 2016:422 [ref. 34561], Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236], Craig et al. 2017:401 [ref. 35568], Craig et al. 2018:47 [ref. 35800], Craig et al. 2018:111 [ref. 35904], Campos-da-Paz & de Santana 2019:144 [ref. 36608], Craig et al. 2019:21 [ref. 37060], Kim et al. 2020:468 [ref. 37696]). Current status: Valid as Gymnotus Linnaeus 1758. Gymnotidae: Gymnotinae.