| Gymnarchus niloticus | |
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| Gymnarchus swims with its back straight, detecting prey by the way they distort the electric field it generates. | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Gymnarchidae Bleeker, 1859 |
| Genus: | Gymnarchus Cuvier, 1829 |
| Species: | G. niloticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnarchus niloticus Cuvier, 1829
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| Aba IUCN range
Extant (resident)
Presence Uncertain & Introduced
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Gymnarchus niloticus – commonly known as the aba, aba aba, frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, poisson-cheval, or African knifefish – is an electric fish, and the only species in the genus Gymnarchus and the family Gymnarchidae within the order Osteoglossiformes. [1][2]
- ^ a b Lalèyè, P.; Azeroual, A.; Entsua-Mensah, M.; Getahun, A.; Moelants, T.; Vreven, E. (2020). "Gymnarchus niloticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181688A134949091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181688A134949091.en.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Gymnarchus niloticus". FishBase.