| Electrophorus electricus | |
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| Electric eel at the New England Aquarium, United States | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Gymnotidae |
| Genus: | Electrophorus |
| Species: | E. electricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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| Synonyms | |
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Gymnotus electricus | |
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]
- ^ Reis, R.; Lima, F. (2009). "Electrophorus electricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T167700A6369863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167700A6369863.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ de Santana, C. David; Crampton, William G. R.; et al. (September 2019). "Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator" (PDF). Nature Communications. 10 (1): 4000. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10.4000D. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11690-z. PMC 6736962. PMID 31506444. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "electric eel: Diet & Electric Shock". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ Mermelstein, Claudia Dos Santos; Costa, Manoel Luis; Moura Neto, Vivaldo (September 2000). "The cytoskeleton of the electric tissue of Electrophorus electricus, L." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 72 (3): 341–351. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652000000300008. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 11028099.