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59 relations: Actinopterygii, Amazon basin, Animal, Animal communication, Beach, Benthic zone, Blackwater river, Branco River, Brazil, Catalog of Fishes, Cell (biology), Chordate, Chromatophore, Connective tissue, Dorsal fin, Duke University, Electric fish, Electricity, Electroreception, Endemism, Eye, Fish fin, FishBase, Francisco Mago Leccia, Genetics, Genus, Ghost knifefish, Greek language, Gymnotiformes, Habitat, Ica River, Ichthyology, James S. Albert, Jaw, Jutaí River, Latin, Mandible, Morphology (biology), Muscle, Nape, Operculum (fish), Pelvic fin, Pigment, Predation, Premaxilla, Regeneration (biology), Rio Negro (Amazon), River, Skeleton, Species, ..., Sternarchella, Stomach, Stream, Synonym (taxonomy), Tooth, Trombetas River, Urogenital opening, Whitewater river (river type), Xingu River. Expand index (9 more) »
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.
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Amazon basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.
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Animal
Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.
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Animal communication
Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers.
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Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.
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Benthic zone
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.
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Blackwater river
A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands.
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Branco River
The Branco River (Rio Branco; Engl: White River) is the principal affluent of the Rio Negro from the north.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Catalog of Fishes
Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera.
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Cell (biology)
The cell (from Latin cella, meaning "small room") is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms.
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Chordate
A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.
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Chromatophore
Chromatophores are pigment-containing and light-reflecting cells, or groups of cells, found in a wide range of animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, crustaceans and cephalopods.
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Connective tissue
Connective tissue (CT) is one of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.
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Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates such as fishes, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), and the (extinct) ichthyosaur.
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Duke University
Duke University is a private, non-profit, research university located in Durham, North Carolina.
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Electric fish
An electric fish is any fish that can generate electric fields.
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Electricity
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of electric charge.
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Electroreception
Electroreception or electroception is the biological ability to perceive natural electrical stimuli.
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Endemism
Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Eye
Eyes are organs of the visual system.
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Fish fin
Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.
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FishBase
FishBase is a global species database of fish species (specifically finfish).
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Francisco Mago Leccia
Francisco Mago Leccia (“Mago”) was born in Tumeremo, Bolívar State, Venezuela on May 21, 1931 and died in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela on February 27, 2004.
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Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Ghost knifefish
The ghost knifefishes are a family, Apteronotidae, of ray-finned fishes in the order Gymnotiformes.
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Greek language
Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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Gymnotiformes
The Gymnotiformes are a group of teleost bony fishes commonly known as the Neotropical or South American knifefish.
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Habitat
In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.
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Ica River
The Ica is a 220 kilometer long river in Peru which flows south from highlands in Huancavelica Region to the Pacific Ocean through Ica Region and passing the region's capital, the city of Ica.
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Ichthyology
Ichthyology (from Greek: ἰχθύς, ikhthys, "fish"; and λόγος, logos, "study"), also known as fish science, is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish.
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James S. Albert
James S. Albert is a professor of Biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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Jaw
The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food.
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Jutaí River
The Jutaí River (Rio Jutaí) is a river in Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Mandible
The mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human face.
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Morphology (biology)
Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Muscle
Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals.
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Nape
The nape is the back of the neck.
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Operculum (fish)
The operculum is a series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills; it is also used for respiration and feeding.
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Pelvic fin
Pelvic fins are paired fins located on the ventral surface of fish.
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Pigment
A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption.
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Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).
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Premaxilla
The premaxilla (or praemaxilla) is one of a pair of small cranial bones at the very tip of the upper jaw of many animals, usually, but not always, bearing teeth.
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Regeneration (biology)
In biology, regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration, and growth that makes genomes, cells, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage.
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Rio Negro (Amazon)
The Rio Negro (br; Río Negro "Black River") is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River, the largest blackwater river in the world (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin), and one of the world's ten largest rivers by average discharge.
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River
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
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Skeleton
The skeleton is the body part that forms the supporting structure of an organism.
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Sternarchella
Sternarchella, the bulldog knifefish, is a genus of ghost knifefishes found at depths of in the main channel of large rivers in South America.
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Stomach
The stomach (from ancient Greek στόμαχος, stomachos, stoma means mouth) is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates.
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Stream
A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.
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Synonym (taxonomy)
In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name,''ICN'', "Glossary", entry for "synonym" although the term is used somewhat differently in the zoological code of nomenclature.
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Tooth
A tooth (plural teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.
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Trombetas River
The Trombetas is a large river on the northern side of the Amazon River.
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Urogenital opening
The urogenital opening is where bodily waste and reproductive fluids are expelled to the environment outside of the body cavity.
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Whitewater river (river type)
A whitewater river is classified based on its chemistry, sediments and water colour.
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Xingu River
The Xingu River (Rio Xingu) is a river in north Brazil.
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Magosternarchus duccis, Magosternarchus raptor.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magosternarchus
