Brown ghost knifefish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Apteronotidae |
| Genus: | Apteronotus |
| Species: | A. leptorhynchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Apteronotus leptorhynchus (M. M. Ellis, 1912)
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The brown ghost knifefish (Apteronotus leptorhynchus) is a species of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae.
See also[]
- Electric fish
- Bioelectromagnetism
References[]
External links[]
- Presentation of My Model System: The Electric Fish - Dr. Marsat
- Neuroscience research using brown ghost knifefish as a model system - Dr. Chacron
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Categories:
- Apteronotidae
- Freshwater fish of Brazil
- Freshwater fish of Colombia
- Fish of French Guiana
- Fish of Guyana
- Freshwater fish of Peru
- Fish of Suriname
- Fish of Venezuela
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Fish described in 1912
- Taxa named by Max Mapes Ellis
- Ray-finned fish stubs