Ads
related to: dwarf centipede knives fish feeder
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Despite the name, the electric eel is a type of knifefish. The Gymnotiformes / dʒ ɪ m ˈ n ɒ t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are an order of teleost bony fishes commonly known as Neotropical knifefish or South American knifefish.
Hypopygus is a genus of South American gymnotiform knifefishes native to the Amazon, Orinoco and upper Paraguay basins, as well as rivers in the Guianas. [1] [2] They are often common, and found near submerged roots, aquatic vegetation and leaf-litter in streams, edges of rivers and floodplains. [1]
Knifefish may refer to several knife-shaped fishes: The Neotropical or weakly electric knifefishes, order Gymnotiformes, containing five families: Family Gymnotidae (banded knifefishes and the electric eel) Family Rhamphichthyidae (sand knifefishes) Family Hypopomidae (bluntnose knifefishes) Family Sternopygidae (glass and rat-tail knifefishes)
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Nannarrup is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Mecistocephalidae. [1] [2] This genus contains only three species, including the type species Nannarrup hoffmani. [3]Also known as Hoffman's dwarf centipede, N. hoffmani was discovered in Central Park in New York City and was the first new species to be discovered in that park in more than a century. [4]
The naked-back knifefishes are a family (Gymnotidae) of knifefishes found only in fresh waters of Central America and South America.All have organs adapted to electroreception.
He co-founded the Virginia Natural History Society, described over 400 species of millipedes, and produced more than 480 scientific publications. He is commemorated in the scientific and/or common names of over 30 animal species, including the valley and ridge salamander (Plethodon hoffmani) and Hoffman's dwarf centipede (Nannarrup hoffmani).
This fish reaches 30 cm (12 in) in standard length. [1] The body of these fish is unusual; it is ventrolaterally flattened and elongated, giving the appearance of a knife blade. The caudal and anal fins are fused and run from beneath the gill opening to the pointed end of the body, creating a uniform, skirt-like fin. This appendage gives the ...