The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a superfamily of weakly electric fish in the order Osteoglossiformes...
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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...
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groups of weakly electric fish, the Gymnotiformes (knifefishes) and the Mormyridae (elephantfishes), and by Gymnarchus niloticus, the African knifefish....
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Mormyroidea (redirect from Mormyridae (superfamily))
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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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...
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Peters's elephantnose fish (category Mormyridae)
navigation behaviour in the weakly electric fish Gnathonemus petersii (Mormyridae; Teleostei), Journal of Experimental Biology, 205, 3915-3923 (2002), Landmark...
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only species being Gymnarchus niloticus, the African knifefish) and the Mormyridae are weakly electric fish able to sense their prey using electric fields...
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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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America and Africa split, or it may be that they were out-competed by Mormyridae, which are similar in that they also use electrolocation. Approximately...
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Mormyrus rume is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the basins of the Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Volta, Chad, Bandama, Sassandra...
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