electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

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Result: 386^th of 1524

Subject:	electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
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Gymnotus electricus
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Gymnotus electricus
New Latin name Electrophorus electricus
Common name Nederlands: Sidderaal
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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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