Eigenmannia

Eigenmannia
Eigenmannia virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Sternopygidae
Genus:	Eigenmannia D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

Eigenmannia is a genus of glass knifefishes found in South America.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

• Eigenmannia antonioi L. A. W. Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015 ^[1]
• Eigenmannia desantanai L. A. W. Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015 ^[1]
• Eigenmannia goajira L. P. Schultz, 1949 ^[2]
• Eigenmannia guairaca L. A. W. Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015 ^[1]
• Eigenmannia humboldtii (Steindachner, 1878)
• Eigenmannia limbata (Schreiner & A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903)
• Eigenmannia macrops (Boulenger, 1897)
• Eigenmannia matintapereira L. A. W. Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015 ^[1]
• Eigenmannia microstoma (J. T. Reinhardt, 1852)
• Eigenmannia muirapinima L. A. W. Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015 ^[1]
• Eigenmannia nigra Mago-Leccia, 1994
• Eigenmannia pavulagem L. A. W. Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015 ^[1]
• Eigenmannia trilineata R. B. López & Castello, 1966
• Eigenmannia vicentespelaea Triques, 1996
• Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1836) (Glass knifefish)
• Eigenmannia waiwai L. A. W. Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015 ^[1]

References

1. Peixoto, L.A.W., Dutra, G.M. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2015): The Electric Glass Knifefishes of the Eigenmannia trilineata species-group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): monophyly and description of seven new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 157 (2): 384-414.
2. Dutra, G.M., Santana, C.D.d., Vari, R.P. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2014): The South American Electric Glass Knifefish Genus Distocyclus (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): Redefinition and Revision. Copeia, 2014 (2): 345-354.