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- The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a superfamily of weakly electric fish in the order Osteoglossiformes...
- Latin forma, with the same connotation as the English form. Its synonymy Mormyridae is considered the valid taxonomic status according to the Integrated Taxonomic...
- only species being Gymnarchus niloticus, the African knifefish) and the Mormyridae are weakly electric fish able to sense their prey using electric fields...
- groups of weakly electric fish, the Gymnotiformes (knifefishes) and the Mormyridae (elephantfishes), and by Gymnarchus niloticus, the African knifefish....
- within the fish's musculature, as in the elephantnose fish and other Mormyridae. However, in two marine groups, the stargazers and the torpedo rays, the...
- 1896 Petrocephalus petersi, is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found in the Zambezi River Delta and the Melela River. Plants Nymphaea...
- navigation behaviour in the weakly electric fish Gnathonemus petersii (Mormyridae; Teleostei), Journal of Experimental Biology, 205, 3915–3923 (2002), Landmark...
- Petrocephalus ****vani is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, it is found widespread in Gabon. This species reaches a length of 9.3 cm...
- Mormyrus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Mormyridae. They are weakly electric, enabling them to navigate, to find their prey, and to communicate...
- Marcusenius brucii is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae found in the Ogun, Oshun and Mono rivers. It is native to Nigeria and Togo; it...