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[1]The brown ghost knifefish (Apteronotus leptorhynchus) is a species of weakly electric knifefish in the family Apteronotidae. Only the brown ghost knifefish, a vertebrate, has been proven to have negligible brain aging thus far. In the current study, the basic development patterns of this species are examined, and the hypothesis that minimum senescence is associated with indeterminate growth and the lack of reproductive senescence is assessed. They are a hardy species that eats tiny fish, crustaceans, and insect larvae in the nature,[2] but in an aquarium, they often take to frozen foods rather quickly.[1]

Brown ghost knifefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gymnotiformes
Family:	Apteronotidae
Genus:	Apteronotus
Species:	A. leptorhynchus
Binomial name
Apteronotus leptorhynchus (M. M. Ellis, 1912)
Synonyms
Sternarchus leptorhynchus Ellis 1912

See also

• Electric fish
• Bioelectromagnetism

References

External links

• Presentation of My Model System: The Electric Fish - Dr. Marsat
• Neuroscience research using brown ghost knifefish as a model system - Dr. Chacron

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