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electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
| Subject: | electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
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Date: 2009:10:24 10:40:24
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Sidderaal
Date 24 October 2009, 10:40
Source Sidderaal
Author Sander van der Wel from Netherlands http://www.flickr.com/people/40803964@N08
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sidderaal_(4039238527).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. 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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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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