Translingual

Gymnarchus niloticus

Proper noun

Gymnarchus niloticus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Gymnarchidae – the aba, frankfish, freshwater rat-tail or African knifefish, found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa, which is the only species in the genus Gymnarchus and the family Gymnarchidae within the order Osteoglossiformes.