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electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
| Subject: | electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
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Date: 2013:09:13 11:12:25
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An Electric Eel at the California Academy of Sciences.
Date 13 September 2013 (according to Exif data)
Author Steven Walling https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Steven_Walling
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_eel_CAS.jpg
The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) is an electric fish, and the only species in its genus. Despite the name, it is not an eel, but rather a knifefish. It was given its own family, Electrophoridae, which was later merged into the genus of Gymnotidae, alongside Gymnotus.
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Scientific Name: Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Names: Electric eel; [Spanish] Anguila, Anguilla, Anguilla electrica, Pez elétrico
Synonyms:
Electrophorus multivalvulus Nakashima, 1941
Gymnotus electricus Linnaeus, 1766
Gymnotus regius Chiaje, 1847
Gymnotus tremulus Houttuyn, 1764 |
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