The brown ghost knifefish (Apteronotus leptorhynchus) is a species of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae. Only the brown ghost knifefish, a vertebrate, has been proven to have negligible brain aging thus far. They are a hardy species that eats tiny fish, crustaceans, and insect larvae in the nature,[1] but in an aquarium, they often take to frozen foods rather quickly.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Apteronotidae |
| Genus: | Apteronotus |
| Species: | A. leptorhynchus
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| Apteronotus leptorhynchus (M. M. Ellis, 1912)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hupé, & Lewis, J. E. (2008). Electrocommunication signals in free swimming brown ghost knifefish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211(Pt 10), 1657–1667. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.013516
- ^ ILIES, SIRBULESCU, R. F., & ZUPANC, G. K. H. (2014). Indeterminate body growth and lack of gonadal decline in the brown ghost knifefish (Apteronotusleptorhynchus), an organism exhibiting negligible brain senescence. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 92(11), 947–953. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2014-0109
External links
edit- Presentation of My Model System: The Electric Fish - Dr. Marsat
- Neuroscience research using brown ghost knifefish as a model system - Dr. Chacron
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