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Hypopomidae, the Glossary

The Hypopomidae are a family of fishes in the order Gymnotiformes known as the bluntnose knifefish.^[1]

27 relations: Akawaio penak, Amazon basin, Aquarium, Brachyhypopomus, Catfish, Chile, Electric fish, Electric organ (fish), Family (biology), FishBase, Francisco Mago Leccia, Fresh water, Genus, Gymnotiformes, Hypopomus, Hypopygus, Microsternarchus, Panama, Procerusternarchus pixuna, Racenisia fimbriipinna, Río de la Plata, Rhamphichthyidae, South America, Steatogenys, Steatogenys elegans, Stegostenopos cryptogenes, Tuira River.
Taxa named by Francisco Mago Leccia

Akawaio penak

Akawaio penak is a species of bluntnose knifefish native to the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana.

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Amazon basin

The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.

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Aquarium

An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Brachyhypopomus is a genus of fish in the family Hypopomidae (bluntnose knifefish) native primarily to tropical and subtropical South America (south to the Río de la Plata Basin), although a single species, B. occidentalis, also occurs in Panama and Costa Rica. Hypopomidae and Brachyhypopomus are taxa named by Francisco Mago Leccia.

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Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Electric fish

An electric fish is any fish that can generate electric fields.

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Electric organ (fish)

An electric ray (Torpediniformes) showing location of paired electric organs in the head, and electrocytes stacked within it In biology, the electric organ is an organ that an electric fish uses to create an electric field.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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FishBase

FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).

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Francisco Mago Leccia

Francisco Mago Leccia (“Mago”) was born in Tumeremo, Bolívar State, Venezuela on May 21, 1931 and died in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela on February 27, 2004.

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Fresh water

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gymnotiformes

The Gymnotiformes are an order of teleost bony fishes commonly known as Neotropical knifefish or South American knifefish.

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Hypopomus

Hypopomus artedi is a species of bluntnose knifefish that is found in Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname.

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Hypopygus

Hypopygus is a genus of South American gymnotiform knifefishes native to the Amazon, Orinoco and upper Paraguay basins, as well as rivers in the Guianas.

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Microsternarchus

Microsternarchus is a genus of bluntnose knifefish that is found in creeks and streams, often in areas with submerged vegetation, roots and leaf litter, in the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo–Rupununi and Río de la Plata basins in South America.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Procerusternarchus pixuna

Procerusternarchus pixuna is a species of bluntnose knifefish endemic to Amazonas, Brazil where it occurs in several tributaries of the Rio Negro.

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Racenisia fimbriipinna

Racenisia fimbriipinna is a species of bluntnose knifefish endemic to Venezuela. Hypopomidae and Racenisia fimbriipinna are fish of South America and taxa named by Francisco Mago Leccia.

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Río de la Plata

The Río de la Plata, also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda.

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Rhamphichthyidae

Sand knifefish are freshwater electric fish of the family Rhamphichthyidae, from freshwater habitats in South America. Hypopomidae and Rhamphichthyidae are ray-finned fish families.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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