- The
Gymnotiformes /dʒɪmˈnɒtɪfɔːrmiːz/ are an
order of
teleost bony
fishes commonly known as
Neotropical knifefish or
South American knifefish. They have...
-
knifefishes (
Gymnotiformes) and the
African elephantfishes (Notopteroidei),
enabling them to
navigate and find food in
turbid water. The
Gymnotiformes include...
- the
family Apteronotidae,
which are ray-finned
fishes in the
order Gymnotiformes.
These fish are
native to
Panama and
South America. They
inhabit a wide...
- (Anguilliformes) but are
members of the
electroreceptive knifefish order Gymnotiformes. This
order is more
closely related to catfish. In 2019,
electric eels...
- 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...
- (39%), but
other groups with many
species include Cichlidae (6%) and
Gymnotiformes (3%). In
addition to
major differences in
behavior and ecology, Amazonian...
-
relatives are the
Characiformes (characins,
tetras and
their kin), the
Gymnotiformes (electric eel and
American knifefishes), and the
Siluriformes (catfishes)...
-
clade contains the
catfishes in the
order Siluriformes and the
order Gymnotiformes, the
Neotropical knifefishes. The
subseries was
named in 1996 by Fink...
- family, the Gymnotidae, of ray-finned
fishes belonging to the
order Gymnotiformes. The
fishes in this
family are
found only in
fresh waters of Central...
- carapo.
Overall Gymnotus is the most
widespread genus in the
order Gymnotiformes. They are the only
members of the
subfamily Gymnotinae.
Although not...
