Distocyclus

Distocyclus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Sternopygidae
Subfamily:	Eigenmanniinae
Genus:	Distocyclus Mago-Leccia, 1978 [1]
Type species
Eigenmannia conirostris Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942 [1]

Distocyclus is a genus of South American glass knifefishes, with one species in the Amazon basin and another in rivers in French Guiana. ^[2]

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 , ^{[3] [4]} although its exact taxonomic position is unresolved. ^[5]

• Distocyclus conirostris C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942
• Distocyclus guchereauae Meunier, Jégu & Keith, 2014 ^[2]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Eigenmanninae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 May 2025.
2. 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.
3. 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 .
4. Eschmeyer, W.N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan (8 May 2018). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
5. 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 .