• divided into six subgenera in Gymnotus: Subgenus Gymnotus (Gymnotus) Gymnotus arapaima J. S. Albert & Crampton, 2001 Gymnotus ardilai Maldonado-Ocampo &...
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    back to Europe for study, he used the name Gymnotus electricus, placing it in the same genus as Gymnotus carapo (the banded knifefish). He noted that...
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    (1995). "Gymnotus maculosus, a new species of electric fish (Chordata: Teleostei: Gymnotoidei) from Middle America, with a key to species of Gymnotus". Proceedings...
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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 sympatric...
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    südamerikanischen zitteraale (Gymnotus electricus)" [Observations and research on the South American electric eel (Gymnotus electricus)]. Archives of Anatomy...
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    by Carl Linnaeus in 1766, he used the name Gymnotus electricus, placing it in the same genus as Gymnotus carapo (banded knifefish) which he had described...
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    gymnotiform fishes, growing up to more than 2 m (6.6 ft) length. Species of Gymnotus range from about 10–100 cm (0.3–3.3 ft) in total length. These knife fishes...
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  • (2009): 579–585. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Gymnotus choco" in FishBase. July 2015 version. "Gymnotus choco" at the Encyclopedia of Life...
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    of Gymnotus). These predators sense electric fields, but only at low frequencies, thus certain species of Gymnotiformes, such as those in Gymnotus, have...
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    The bronze featherback (Notopterus notopterus; Assamese: কান্ধুলি kandhuli, Bengali: ফলি,Bengali: কাংলা,, Thai: ปลาสลาด, ปลาฉลาด, ปลาตอง, Vietnamese: Cá...
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    May 2014 Williamson, Hugh (1775), "Experiments and observations on the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...
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    resurfacing in order to survive, such as Electrophorus electricus and Gymnotus carapo, the latter of which uses an "esophageal force pump" to siphon air...
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    A. A. Caputi (2009). "Waveform generation in the weakly electric fish Gymnotus coropinae (Hoedeman): the electric organ and the electric organ discharge"...
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    Society of London (63): 481–489. Hunter, John (1775). "An account of the Gymnotus electricus". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London...
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  • südamerikanischen zitteraale (Gymnotus electricus)" [Observations and research on the South American electric eel (Gymnotus electricus)]. Archives of Anatomy...
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  • südamerikanischen zitteraale (Gymnotus electricus)" [Observations and research on the South American electric eel (Gymnotus electricus)]. Archives of Anatomy...
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  • (Bleeker, 1857) Synonyms Muraenichthys gymnotus Bleeker, 1857 Scolecenchelys gymnotus (Bleeker, 1857) Muaenichthys gymnotus Bleeker, 1857 Sphagebranchus huysmani...
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    Zuiew, 1793 Fluta alba (Zuiew, 1793) Synbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842 Gymnotus albus Zuiew, 1789 Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800 Unibranchapertura...
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    Gymnotus maintains a straight back while swimming to avoid disturbing its electric sense....
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    Betrachtung der elektrischen Organe von Gymnotus electricus. (Comparative anatomical view of the electrical organs of "Gymnotus electricus") Veit, Leipzig 1881...
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    Family: Scarabaeidae Tribe: Gymnetini Genus: Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819 Synonyms Gymnotus Berthold, 1827 (Preocc.) Paragymnetis Schürhoff, 1937 Aemilius Le Moult...
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    banks in which eels and a variety of freshwater fish, including knifefish (gymnotus) and catfish, inhabit. The canals drain into the Paraná River. Ciudad del...
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    Species: C. asiatica Binomial name Channa asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Gymnotus asiaticus Linnaeus, 1758 Channa ocellata Peters, 1864 Channa sinensis Sauvage...
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    Carapidae Subfamily: Carapinae Genus: Carapus Rafinesque, 1810 Type species Gymnotus acus Brünnich, 1768 Synonyms Diaphasia Lowe, 1843 Disparichthys Herre,...
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    pectoral fins, into the following orders and genera: Apodes: Muraena (eels), Gymnotus (electric knifefishes), Trichiurus (cutlassfishes), Anarhichas (wolffishes)...
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  • Kupffer (1829-1902) he was co-author of a study on the electric organs of Gymnotus and Mormyrus that was published in Henle and Pfeufer's Zeitschrift für...
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    without a wave motion of the body, as in the slow-moving seahorses and Gymnotus. Other animals, such as cephalopods, use jet propulsion to travel fast...
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    breathing to aerobic scope and exercise performance in the banded knifefish Gymnotus carapo L.". Journal of Experimental Biology. 215 (8): 1323–1330, Introduction...
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    History France Name Gymnote Namesake Gymnotus Ordered 1961 Builder Arsenal de Cherbourg Laid down 17 March 1963 Launched 17 March 1964 Commissioned 17...
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    Rhamphichthys blochii Kaup, 1856 Gymnotus longirostrus Lecepède, 1800 Phamphichthys reinhardti Kaup, 1856 Gymnotus rostratus Linnaeus, 1766 Rhamphichthys...
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