See knifefish on Wiktionary
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"word": "African brown knifefish"
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"alt": "Xenomystus nigri",
"word": "African knifefish"
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"english": "family Gymnotidae spp.",
"translation": "family Gymnotidae spp.",
"word": "banded knifefish"
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"word": "black ghost knifefish"
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"english": "family Kyphosidae",
"taxonomic": "Labracoglossa nitida",
"translation": "family Kyphosidae",
"word": "blue knifefish"
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"english": "family Hypopomidae spp.",
"translation": "family Hypopomidae spp.",
"word": "bluntnose knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Labracoglossa argenteiventris",
"word": "bright knifefish"
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{
"taxonomic": "Apteronotus leptorhynchus",
"word": "brown ghost knifefish"
},
{
"alt": "Steatogenys duidae",
"word": "centipede knifefish"
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"english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"taxonomic": "Chitala ornata",
"translation": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"word": "clown knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Labridae",
"taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
"translation": "family Labridae",
"word": "collared knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Papyrocranus congoensis",
"word": "Congo marble knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Gymnotus coropinae",
"word": "Coropina knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Gymnotus cylindricus",
"word": "cylindrical knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Parapteronotus hasemani",
"word": "duckbill knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Gymnotus javari",
"word": "false tiger knifefish"
},
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"word": "featherfin knifefish Notopteridae spp.}"
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"taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
"translation": "family Labridae",
"word": "finscale razorfish"
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"english": "family Apteronotidae spp.",
"translation": "family Apteronotidae spp.",
"word": "ghost knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"translation": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"word": "glass knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Eigenmannia virescens",
"word": "green knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Kyphosidae",
"taxonomic": "Bathystethus cultratus",
"translation": "family Kyphosidae",
"word": "grey knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Gymnotus henni",
"word": "Henn's knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Cymolutes praetextatus",
"word": "Indo-Pacific knifefish"
},
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"alt": "Eques lanceolatus, family Sciaenidae",
"word": "jack-knifefish"
},
{
"alt": "Sternopygus macrurus",
"word": "longtail knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Eigenmannia meeki",
"word": "Meek's knifefish"
},
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"english": "famaily Gymnotidae spp.",
"translation": "famaily Gymnotidae spp.",
"word": "nakedback knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Brachyhypopomus occidentalis",
"word": "occidental bluntnose knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Gymnotus pantherinus",
"word": "panther knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"translation": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"word": "rat-tail knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Papyrocranus afer",
"word": "reticulated knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Chitala blanci",
"word": "royal knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Rhamphichthyidae spp.",
"translation": "family Rhamphichthyidae spp.",
"word": "sand knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bathystethus orientalis",
"word": "silver knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Gymnotus maculosus",
"word": "spotted knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Orthosternarchus tamandua",
"word": "Tamandua knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Gymnotus tigre",
"word": "tiger knifefish"
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"translation": "family Gymnotidae spp.",
"word": "banded knifefish"
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"word": "black ghost knifefish"
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"english": "family Kyphosidae",
"taxonomic": "Labracoglossa nitida",
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"word": "blue knifefish"
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"translation": "family Hypopomidae spp.",
"word": "bluntnose knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Labracoglossa argenteiventris",
"word": "bright knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Apteronotus leptorhynchus",
"word": "brown ghost knifefish"
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"alt": "Steatogenys duidae",
"word": "centipede knifefish"
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"english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"taxonomic": "Chitala ornata",
"translation": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"word": "clown knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Labridae",
"taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
"translation": "family Labridae",
"word": "collared knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Papyrocranus congoensis",
"word": "Congo marble knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Gymnotus coropinae",
"word": "Coropina knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Gymnotus cylindricus",
"word": "cylindrical knifefish"
},
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"taxonomic": "Parapteronotus hasemani",
"word": "duckbill knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Gymnotus javari",
"word": "false tiger knifefish"
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"translation": "family Labridae",
"word": "finscale razorfish"
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"translation": "family Apteronotidae spp.",
"word": "ghost knifefish"
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"english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"translation": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"word": "glass knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Eigenmannia virescens",
"word": "green knifefish"
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"english": "family Kyphosidae",
"taxonomic": "Bathystethus cultratus",
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"word": "Henn's knifefish"
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"word": "Indo-Pacific knifefish"
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"alt": "Eques lanceolatus, family Sciaenidae",
"word": "jack-knifefish"
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"alt": "Sternopygus macrurus",
"word": "longtail knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Eigenmannia meeki",
"word": "Meek's knifefish"
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"english": "famaily Gymnotidae spp.",
"translation": "famaily Gymnotidae spp.",
"word": "nakedback knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Brachyhypopomus occidentalis",
"word": "occidental bluntnose knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Gymnotus pantherinus",
"word": "panther knifefish"
},
{
"english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"translation": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
"word": "rat-tail knifefish"
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{
"taxonomic": "Papyrocranus afer",
"word": "reticulated knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Chitala blanci",
"word": "royal knifefish"
},
{
"english": "family Rhamphichthyidae spp.",
"translation": "family Rhamphichthyidae spp.",
"word": "sand knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Bathystethus orientalis",
"word": "silver knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Gymnotus maculosus",
"word": "spotted knifefish"
},
{
"taxonomic": "Orthosternarchus tamandua",
"word": "Tamandua knifefish"
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"taxonomic": "Gymnotus tigre",
"word": "tiger knifefish"
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