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Apteronotidae
Apteronotidae
Translingual
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Apteronotus albifrons (black ghost knifefish), one of the Apteronotidae
Proper noun
Apteronotidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Gymnotiformes – the ghost knifefishes.
Hypernyms
- (family): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Ostariophysi - superorder; Gymnotiformes - order