Black ghost knifefish, Apteronotus albifrons. They live on freshwater habitats in South America from Venezuela to Paraguay, including Amazonas basin. Are weakly electric fish that use an electric organ and receptors distributed over the length of their body in order to locate preys. Much of its natural diet is insect larvae. While some fish can only receive electric signals, the black ghost knifefish can both produce and sense the electrical impulses. From Amazon Basin of Peru. Composite image

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Area / Freshwater wetland area / Body of water / River (stream)

Species / Species particularity / Electric species

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Fish (animal) / Bony fish / Actinopterygian / Knifefish / Ghost knifefish (Apteronotidae sp) / Ghost knifefish (Apteronotus sp) / Black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons)

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Euteleostomi / Actinopterygii / Teleostei / Gymnotiformes / Apteronotidae / Apteronotus

Behavior / Bioelectrogenesis

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America / South America / Peru

Species / Species particularity / Fishes particularity / Freshwater fish / Tropical freshwater fish

Colour / Bicolor / Black and white

Shot / Underwater shot

Shot / Overview

Shot / Profile shot

Enumeration / Alone

Individual / Stage of development / Adult

Organism / Anatomy / Organ / Physiological system / Sensory system / Electroreception

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