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Gymnotus carapo (Banded knifefish; Cutlass fish; Eel knifefish; Gymnotid eel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The banded knifefish (Gymnotus carapo) is a knifefish native to South America. The banded knifefish is gray in color with a band of large black spots outlined with yellow on either side. It can reach up to 60 cm (about 24 in) in length. It lives in lakes and streams in virtually all of South America except for Chile. It is also native to Trinidad. This species, as with all Gymnotiformes, has the capability to generate weak electric charges, and then measure the disturbance in the field of electricity created. This system is used for navigation by the fish.
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Infraspecies

Gymnotus carapo australis
Gymnotus carapo caatingaensis
Gymnotus carapo carapo
Gymnotus carapo madeirensis
Gymnotus carapo occidentalis
Gymnotus carapo orientalis
Gymnotus carapo septentrionalis
Gymnotus carapo var. caerulescens
Gymnotus carapo var. carapo

Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Predators

Acestrorhynchus lacustris[2]
Helicops leopardinus (Leopard Keelback)[3]
Pygocentrus cariba (Orinoco piranha)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Clinostomum complanatum[5]
Nomimoscolex chubbi[5]
Spasskyellina spinulifera[5]
Urocleidoides carapus[5]
Urocleidoides gymnotus[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Diet and feeding activity of Acestrorhynchus lacustris (Lütken, 1875) (Characiformes, Acestrorhynchidae) in the water reservoir at Ribeirão Claro, SP, Silva, AT. and Goitein, R., Braz. J. Biol., 69(3): 757-762, 2009
♦ 3Natural History of the South American Water Snake Helicops leopardinus (Colubridae: Hydropsini) in the Pantanal, Central Brazil, Robson W. Ávila, Vanda L. Ferreira and Janaína A. O. Arruda, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 274–279, 2006
♦ 4Food Habits of Piranhas in the Low Llanos of Venezuela, Leo G. Nico; Donald C. Taphorn, Biotropica, Vol. 20, No. 4. (Dec., 1988), pp. 311-321.
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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