Brown ghost knifefish
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The brown ghost knifefish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus, is a species
of weakly electric knifefish
in the family Apteronotidae.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of weakly electric knifefish
Knifefish
Knifefish may refer to several knife-shaped fishes:* The Neotropical or weakly electric knifefishes, order Gymnotiformes, containing five families:** Family Gymnotidae ** Family Rhamphichthyidae...
in the family Apteronotidae.