- The
Mormyridae,
sometimes called "elephantfish" (more
properly freshwater elephantfish), are a
superfamily of
weakly electric fish in the
order Osteoglossiformes...
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weakly electric fish, the
order Gymnotiformes (knifefishes) and
family Mormyridae (elephantfishes), and by the
monotypic genus Gymnarchus (African knifefish)...
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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...
- only
species being Gymnarchus niloticus, the
African knifefish) and the
Mormyridae are
weakly electric fish able to
sense their prey
using electric fields...
- of
weakly electric fish are the Osteoglossiformes,
which include the
Mormyridae (elephantfishes) and the
African knifefish Gymnarchus, and the Gymnotiformes...
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Latin forma, with the same
connotation as the
English form. Its
synonymy Mormyridae is
considered the
valid taxonomic status according to the
Integrated Taxonomic...
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navigation behaviour in the
weakly electric fish
Gnathonemus petersii (
Mormyridae; Teleostei),
Journal of
Experimental Biology, 205, 3915–3923 (2002), Landmark...
- an
electroreceptor in the skin of
weakly electric fish of the
family Mormyridae (Elephantfish) from Africa. The
structure was
first described by Viktor...
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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...
- of
marine fish also
known as
elephant sharks or plough-nose
chimaeras Mormyridae, a
family of
African freshwater fish that
sometimes are kept in aquariums...
