Brown ghost knifefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Apteronotidae
Genus: Apteronotus
Species:
A. leptorhynchus
Binomial name
Apteronotus leptorhynchus
(M. M. Ellis, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Sternarchus leptorhynchus Ellis 1912

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. In the current study, the basic development patterns of this species are examined, and the hypothesis that minimum senescence is associated with indeterminate growth and the lack of reproductive senescence is assessed. 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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References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 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


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