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Gymnarchus Cuvier 1829 gymnós (Gr. γυμνός), bare or naked; archós (Gr. ἀρχός), anus, referring to absence of fins behind anus and under tail

Gymnarchus niloticus Cuvier 1829 -icus (L.), belonging to: Nile River (described from a drawing of a specimen from the Nile)