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| Query: Knifefish | Result: 20th of 37 | |
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
| Subject: | electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
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Upload Date: 2017:04:24 15:50:03
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Gymnotus electricus - detail
Date 1820-1821
Source/Photographer Rudolphi, Berl. Abh., p. 223 tab. 2
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gymnotus_electricus_-_detail_-_1820-1821_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ15100129.tif
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. Electric eels inhabit fresh waters of the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America, in floodplains, swamps, creeks, small rivers, and coastal plains. They often live on muddy bottoms in calm or stagnant waters. |
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