Brown ghost knifefish
Brown ghost knifefish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gymnotiformes |
Family: | Apteronotidae |
Genus: | Apteronotus |
Species: | A. leptorhynchus |
Binomial name | |
Apteronotus leptorhynchus (M. M. Ellis, 1912) | |
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