The Gymnotiformes /dʒɪmˈnɒtɪfɔːrmiːz/ are an order of teleost bony fishes commonly known as Neotropical knifefish or South American knifefish. They have...

(Anguilliformes) but are members of the electroreceptive knifefish order, Gymnotiformes. This order is more closely related to catfish. In 2019, electric eels...

knifefishes are a family, Apteronotidae, of ray-finned fishes in the order Gymnotiformes. These fish are native to Panama and South America. They inhabit a wide...

length, and 20 kg (44 lb) in weight, making them the largest of the Gymnotiformes. Their coloration is dark gray-brown on the back and yellow or orange...

to that of the Gymnotiformes, with a few minor differences. S-units in Gymnarchus are time coders, like the T-units in Gymnotiformes. O-units code the...

The Hypopomidae are a family of fishes in the order Gymnotiformes known as the bluntnose knifefish. They may also be called grass or leaf knifefishes...

knifefishes (Gymnotiformes) and the African elephantfishes (Notopteroidei), enabling them to navigate and find food in turbid water. The Gymnotiformes include...

carapo. Overall Gymnotus is the most widespread genus in the order Gymnotiformes. Although not commonly eaten by humans, some members of this genus are...

relatives are the Characiformes (characins, tetras and their kin), the Gymnotiformes (electric eel and American knifefishes), and the Siluriformes (catfishes)...

group of other orders including Cypriniformes (minnows and allies), Gymnotiformes (knifefish), and Siluriformes (catfish). Otocephala may also contain...

about 2,168 species Siluriformes (catfishes), about 3,813 species Gymnotiformes (electric eels, American knifefishes), about 239 species (sometimes...

beaked salmons) and Gymnotiformes (South American knifefish), a superorder characterized by the Weberian apparatus. Some place Gymnotiformes as a sub-order...

(39%), but other groups with many species include Cichlidae (6%) and Gymnotiformes (3%). In addition to major differences in behavior and ecology, Amazonian...

septentrionalis (Orinoco river basin and Trinidad). This species, as with all Gymnotiformes, is an electric fish that has the capability to generate weak electric...

Ferraris Jr, C.J.; C.D. de Santana; R.P. Vari (2017). "Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types". Neotrop...

knifefishes (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 95, 20-33. Rhamphichthys, like other Gymnotiformes fishes, contain an electric...

Ferraris Jr, C.J.; C.D. de Santana; R.P. Vari (2017). "Checklist of Gymnotiformes (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi) and catalogue of primary types". Neotrop...

Siluriformes, and Gymnotiformes. The Characiformes form a group known as the Characiphysi with the Siluriformes and Gymnotiformes. The order Characiformes...

Glass knifefishes are fishes in the family Sternopygidae in the order Gymnotiformes. Species are also known as rattail knifefishes. These fishes inhabit...

piranhas, tetras, dourado / golden (genus Salminus) and pacu) Order Gymnotiformes Berg 1940 (electric eels and knifefishes) Order Siluriformes Cuvier...

knife-shaped fishes: The Neotropical or weakly electric knifefishes, order Gymnotiformes, containing five families: Family Gymnotidae (banded knifefishes and...

evolved from myogenic tissue (which forms muscle), however, one group of Gymnotiformes, the Apteronotidae, derived their electric organ from neurogenic tissue...

Clupeiformes Alepocephaliformes Gonorynchiformes Cypriniformes Characiformes Gymnotiformes Siluriformes Lepidogalaxii Lepidogalaxiiformes Protacanthopterygii Argentiniformes...

modified swim-bladder.[citation needed] Knifefish: (Gymnotiformes) some species of Gymnotiformes, otherwise known as the knifefish, are obligate oxygen...

entitled: “Los peces Gymnotiformes de Venezuela: un estudio preliminar para la revisión del grupo en la América del Sur” (The Gymnotiformes fish of Venezuela:...

Clupeiformes Alepocephaliformes Gonorynchiformes Cypriniformes Characiformes Gymnotiformes Siluriformes Lepidogalaxii Lepidogalaxiiformes Protacanthopterygii Argentiniformes...

denotation of "knifefish", the notopterids should not be confused with Gymnotiformes, the electric knifefishes from South and Central America. Although their...

defensive weapon; these are electric fish in different orders. The order Gymnotiformes, of which the best known example is the electric eel, detect or stun...

maximum size is 22.7 kg (50 lb) and 1.84 m (6.0 ft) long. Knifefish (Gymnotiformes) The largest knifefish is the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)...

Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gymnotiformes Family: Apteronotidae Genus: Apteronotus Species: A. albifrons Binomial...