The banded knifefish (Gymnotus carapo) is a species of gymniform knifefish native to a wide range of freshwater habitats in South America. It is the most...
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Gymnotiformes (redirect from American knifefish)
such as the black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons), the glass knifefish (Eigenmannia virescens), and the banded knifefish (Gymnotus carapo). Aside...
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Knifefish may refer to several knife-shaped fishes: The Neotropical or weakly electric knifefishes, order Gymnotiformes, containing five families: Family...
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the Amazon basin. They are sometimes referred to by the English name banded knifefish, although this typically is reserved for the most widespread species...
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or with waves, as in the Torpediniformes and Gymnarchus, the African knifefish. Many electric fishes also use EODs for communication, while strongly...
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Electrophorus electricus (category Knifefish of Brazil)
Gymnotus electricus, placing it in the same genus as Gymnotus carapo (banded knifefish) which he had described several years earlier. It was only about a...
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Electric eel (category Knifefish of Brazil)
Gymnotus electricus, placing it in the same genus as Gymnotus carapo (the banded knifefish). He noted that the fish is from the rivers of Surinam, that it causes...
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Bluegill Blue gourami Blue shark Blue triggerfish Blue whiting Bluntnose knifefish Bluntnose minnow Boafish Boarfish Bobtail snipe eel Bocaccio Boga Bombay...
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European finless eel Gymnotus (electric knifefishes) Gymnotus carapo – Banded knifefish Gymnotus asiaticus – Snakehead Trichiurus (cutlassfishes) Trichiurus...
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The jack-knifefish (Eques lanceolatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is native...
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of air breathing to aerobic scope and exercise performance in the banded knifefish Gymnotus carapo L.". Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (8): 1323–1330...
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Favor (Phallus drewesii) Dracula minnow (Danionella dracula) Omars' banded knifefish (Gymnotus omarorum) Carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia turbiformis)...
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swim-bladder.[citation needed] Knifefish: (Gymnotiformes) some species of Gymnotiformes, otherwise known as the knifefish, are obligate oxygen breathers...
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Yellow-tail blue damselfish Tropical Freshwater Aquarium Black ghost knifefish Clown knifefish Clown loach Common plecostomus Cigar shark Flagtail Jaguar cichlid...
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Apteronotus is a genus of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae, distinguished by the presence of a tiny tail fin. This genus is restricted...
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Muraenidae) possess their own set of teeth. The dentary of the ghost knifefish species Sternarchogiton nattereri (family Apteronotidae) has upper and...
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the family Typhlonectidae (order Gymnophiona) Electric eel, a genus of knifefish in the order Gymnotiformes Deep-sea spiny eels, a common name for fish...
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Gymnotus tiquie is an electric knifefish found in the Tiquié River, a tributary of the Vaupés River in the upper Negro basin, Amazonas, Brazil. It is...
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cotio Kholshe or khoulsha খলশে or খৌলশা native Banded gourami Colisa fasciata Goroy গরই native Banded gourami Colisa fasciata Khaksa খাকসা native Barilius...
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ability to "generate electric field" taken from electric eels and ghost knifefish, allowing for electric propulsion ("Jean Jacket's fast flying without...
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naturally fishless, aquatic habitats and prey on native fauna. "Clown Knifefish". Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission. "butterfly peacock...
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is an electric knifefish. G. choco is distinguished from its cogenerate species group by a color pattern possessing pale yellow bands oriented obliquely...
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Japigny kirschbaum is a species of glass knifefish described in 2011 from the Approuague, Mana and Maroni rivers in French Guiana. It is the only member...
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brasiliensis Y Y Band cusk-eel Ophidion holbrookii Y Y Banded blenny Paraclinus fasciatus Y Y Banded butterflyfish Chaetodon striatus Y Y Banded cichlid Heros...
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compatible with acaras, angelfish, barbs, danios, eartheaters, gouramis, knifefish, loaches, tetras and rasboras. Aquarists may keep these fish alone or...
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Hypopygus. The smallest is H. hoedemani, which is the second-smallest knifefish, after Microsternarchus brevis. They are nocturnal and feed on small invertebrates...
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Archolaemus luciae (category Knifefish of Brazil)
Archolaemus luciae is a species of glass knifefish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Rio Jari, the Rio Trombetas and the Rio Tapajós basins in...
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(47 in) Reticulated knifefish Papyrocranus afer 80 cm (31 in) African brown knifefish Xenomystus nigri 30 cm (12 in) Royal knifefish Chitala blanci 120 cm...
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features a five-foot-long electric eel. Bluntnose knifefish, elephantnose knifefish and black ghost knifefish are also featured. The zoo's reptile house opened...
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stargazer (Gillellus searcheri) Half-banded stargazer (Gillellus semicinctus) Warteye stargazer (Gillellus uranidea) Banded stargazer (Heteristius cinctus)...
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