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Apteronotus albifrons Aquarium tropical du Palais de la Porte Dorée 10 04 2016 1🐟

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SpeciesGymnotiformesApteronotidae
Fish

🐟Black ghost knifefish

Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766)

Apteronotus albifrons es una especie de pez de agua dulce del género Apteronotus de la familia Apteronotidae, en el orden de los Gymnotiformes. Es denominada comúnmente morena negra, cherogá, cuchillo, caballo, etc. Se distribuye en ambientes acuáticos de Sudamérica cálida.​ Es un pez habitualmente comercializado para acuariofilia.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
0.5 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.03
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.03 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGymnotiformes
  4. ›familyApteronotidae
  5. ›genusApteronotus
  6. ›speciesApteronotus albifrons
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. superorderCharaciphysae
  3. orderGymnotiformes
  4. familyApteronotidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCharaciphysae
  10. orderGymnotiformes
  11. familyApteronotidae
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Apteronotus albifrons (es), Ituí-cavalo (pt), ปลาแบล็คโกสต์ (th), Duch brazylijski (pl), Чёрная ножетелка (ru), Apteronotus albifrons (ca) … and 18 more languages
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