Electrophorus electricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Gymnotidae
Genus: Electrophorus
Species: Electrophorus electricus

Name

Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonymy

Gymnotus electricus Linnaeus, 1766

References

Electrophorus electricus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Electrophorus electricus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Zitteraal
English: Electric eel
français: anguille électrique
hrvatski: Električna jegulja
magyar: Elektromos angolna
italiano: Gimnoto, anguilla elettrica
日本語: デンキウナギ
한국어: 전기뱀장어
Nederlands: Sidderaal
polski: Węgorz elektryczny
slovenščina: Električna jegulja
ไทย: ปลาไหลไฟฟ้า
中文: 电鳗

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