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The brown ghost knifefish (Apteronotus leptorhynchus) is a species of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae. The brown ghost knifefish is the only vertebrate proven to have negligible brain aging thus far. [1] As such, they are extensively researched as a model species for neurological and developmental studies.
The ghost knifefishes are a family, Apteronotidae, of ray-finned fishes in the order Gymnotiformes. These fish are native to Panama and South America . [ 1 ] They inhabit a wide range of freshwater habitats, but more than half the species in the family are found deep in rivers (typically deeper than 5 m or 16 ft) where there is little or no light.
Apteronotus is a genus of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae, distinguished by the presence of a tiny tail fin.This genus is restricted to tropical and subtropical South America (Amazon, Orinoco, Río de la Plata and Magdalena basins, as well as rivers in western Colombia and the Guianas) and Panama where found in a wide range of freshwater habitats.
Cambodian fishermen caught two fish in the Mekong River, measuring between 11 and 13 pounds and two to three feet long. This time researchers were able to purchase and examine the fish for themselves.
A 'Ghost Fish' Has Been Spotted Alive For First Time. The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research recently shared footage documenting what is believed to be the first known sighting of a ...
The black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family (Apteronotidae). They originate in freshwater habitats in South America where they range from Venezuela to the Paraguay – Paraná River , including the Amazon Basin . [ 2 ]
Little, Brown 'Ghost Fish' by Stuart Pennebaker. ... Ghost Fish will be published on Aug. 5, 2025 and is now available for preorder, wherever books are sold. Read the original article on People.
The African brown knifefish (Xenomystus nigri) is the only species in the genus Xenomystus of the family Notopteridae. This fish is found in the Chad , Nile , Congo , Ogowe and Niger basins, as well as coastal river basins in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin and Cameroon.