- The
African knifefish,
Gymnarchus niloticus – also
called the aba aba – is an
electric fish,
living at the
bottoms of
rivers and lakes. It is the only...
-
Walter (1975). "Electrolocation and
jamming avoidance in the
electric fishGymnarchus niloticus (Gymnarchidae, Mormyriformes)".
Journal of
Comparative Physiology...
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weakly electric fish, the
order Gymnotiformes (knifefishes) and
family Mormyridae (elephantfishes), and by the
monotypic genus Gymnarchus (African knifefish)...
- or with waves, as in the
Torpediniformes and
Gymnarchus, the
African knifefish. Many
electric fishes also use EODs for communication,
while strongly...
-
Gymnotiformes such as Apteronotus, as well as in the
African species Gymnarchus niloticus. The
jamming avoidance response was one of the
first complex...
- the
electric field generated by the
African knifefish (
Gymnarchus), and the uses
which the
fish makes of it. He was Reader,
Department of Zoology, University...
- Ukrainian-British
zoologist Hans
Lissmann noticed that the
African knife fish (
Gymnarchus niloticus) was able to swim
backwards at the same
speed and with the...
- drainages.
Electric fish Gymnarchus, the
African knife-
fish (Mormyroidea) Froese, Rainer; Pauly,
Daniel (eds.). "Order Gymnotiformes".
FishBase. Apr 2007 version...
- Lissmann, H.W. (1951). "Continuous
electrical signals from the tail of a
fish,
Gymnarchus niloticus Cuv". Nature. 167 (4240): 201–202. doi:10.1038/167201a0....
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freshwater fish group with the
osteoglossiforms having a
typical Gondwana distribution. The
Gymnarchidae (the only
species being Gymnarchus niloticus,...
