Electrophorus electricus
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Electrophorus electricus is the best-known species of electric eel. It is a South American electric fish. Until the discovery of two additional species in 2019, the genus was classified as the monotypic, with this species the only one in the genus.[2] Despite the name, it is not an eel, but rather a knifefish.[3] It is considered as a freshwater teleost which contains an electrogenic tissue that produces electric discharges.[4]
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Electrophorus electricus | |
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Electric eel at the New England Aquarium, United States | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gymnotiformes |
Family: | Gymnotidae |
Genus: | Electrophorus |
Species: | E. electricus |
Binomial name | |
Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
Synonyms | |
Gymnotus electricus |
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