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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. The family has about 43 valid species in two genera. [1] These fish are nocturnal and mostly occur in quiet waters from deep rivers to swamps.
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Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868) (African brown knifefish) Subfamily Notopterinae Bleeker 1851 (Asian knifefishes, Asian featherbacks) Genus Chitala Fowler, 1934. Chitala blanci (d'Aubenton, 1965) (royal knifefish or Indochina featherback) Chitala borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) (Indonesian featherback) Chitala chitala (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian ...
The knifefish has approximately one hundred and fifty fin rays along its ribbon-fin. These individual fin rays can be curved nearly twice the maximum recorded curvature for ray-finned fish fin rays during locomotion. These fin rays are curved into the direction of motion, indicating that the knifefish has active control of the fin ray curvature ...
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)
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The clown featherback (Chitala ornata), also known as the clown knifefish and spotted knifefish, is a nocturnal species of tropical fish with a long, knife-like body. This knifefish is native to freshwater habitats in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau, Thailand, and Vietnam, [2] but it has also been introduced to regions outside its native range. [1]
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