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Definition of Gymnotus electricus

Gymnotus electricus
Gymnotus Gym*no"tus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + ? the back: cf. F. gymnote.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power. One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the electric blow of the gymnotus. --De Quincey.

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- back to Europe for study, he used the name Gymnotus electricus, placing it in the same genus as Gymnotus carapo (the banded knifefish). He noted that...
- by Carl Linnaeus in 1766, he used the name Gymnotus electricus, placing it in the same genus as Gymnotus carapo (banded knifefish) which he had described...
- südamerikanischen zitteraale (Gymnotus electricus)" [Observations and research on the South American electric eel (Gymnotus electricus)]. Archives of Anatomy...
- 2014 Williamson, Hugh (1775), "Experiments and observations on the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...
- of London (63): 481–489. Hunter, John (1775). "An account of the Gymnotus electricus". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (65):...
- and anatomist John Hunter. Hunter informed the Royal Society that "Gymnotus Electricus ... appears very much like an eel ... but it has none of the specific...
- require resurfacing in order to survive, such as Electrophorus electricus and Gymnotus carapo, the latter of which uses an "esophageal force pump" to...
- der elektrischen Organe von Gymnotus electricus. (Comparative anatomical view of the electrical organs of "Gymnotus electricus") Veit, Leipzig 1881. Deutsche...
- virescens), and the banded knifefish (Gymnotus carapo). Aside from the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus), Gymnotiformes are slender fish with narrow...
- südamerikanischen zitteraale (Gymnotus electricus)" [Observations and research on the South American electric eel (Gymnotus electricus)]. Archives of Anatomy...