Distocyclus

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

Distocyclus
Scientific classification
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]

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]