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Gymnotiformes

An order of neotropical electric fish found chiefly in the waters of South America. They continually emit weak electric discharges, which they use in… 
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2012
2012
Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Suriname
Data derived from the literature supplemented by examination of specimens in collections show that 481 species of fish live in… 
2010
2010
Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies
Analysis of 88 characters of external and internal body systems yielded a phylogenetic reconstruction of the Neotropical electric… 
2003
2003
Apteronotus caudimaculosus n. sp. (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) , a sexually dimorphic black ghost knifefish from the Pantanal, Western Brazil, with a note on the monophyly of the A. albifrons…
Apteronotus caudimaculosus , a new species of ghost knifefish with males having greatly elongated snouts, is described from the… 
2001
2001
A molecular phylogenetic analysis in Gymnotus species (Pisces: Gymnotiformes) with inferences on chromosome evolution
Abstract A phylogenetic analysis using 345 nucleotides sequenced from the mitochondrial gene ND2 was carried out in the four… 
1994
1994
The distribution of somatostatin binding sites in the brain of gymnotiform fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus
1991
1991
Première découverte de Gymnotiformes fossiles (Pisces, Ostariophysi) dans le Miocène supérieur de Bolivie
Ellisella kirschbaumi nov. gen., nov. sp. du Miocene superieur continental de Rio Moile en Bolivie est le premier Gymnotiforme… 
1989
1989
Ganglion cell arrangement and axonal trajectories in the anterior lateral line nerve of the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Gymnotiformes)
To determine the organizational principles underlying the peripheral electrosensory nervous system of weakly electric gymnotiform… 
1989
1989
Fine structure of the tuberous electroreceptor of the high-frequency electric fish,Sternarchus albifrons (gymnotiformes)
SummarySternarchus emits low voltage biphasic pulses at about 700–900/s. These signals (and changes in them caused by external… 
1987
1987
Differential growth in the brain of the weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Gymnotiformes), during ontogenesis.
Growth characteristics of the total brain and of several individual brain regions are described in Apteronotus leptorhynchus. The… 
1986
1986
Identification of a nucleus isthmi in the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Gymnotiformes).
The nucleus isthmi of teleost fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds, and its probable homologue, the nucleus parabigeminalis of… 
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