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Malapteruridae is a family of electric catfishes within the order Siluriformes. The taxon is classified under the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata, and it is a subclass of electric fish. The family name was established by Bleeker in 1858, and the taxon is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Its status is accepted, and it is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Members of this family inhabit freshwater environments. The common name for the group is electric catfishes, with the Japanese name デンキナマズ科 also used. The taxon is referenced by 65 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
electric catfishes
Family
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyMalapteruridae
屬 見內文 電鯰科是輻鰭魚綱鯰形目的其中一科。 分類 電鯰科其下有二屬： 電鯰屬（Malapterurus） 鬍電鯰（Malapterurus barbatus） 貝南電鯰（Malapterurus beninensis） 卡瓦電鯰（Malapterurus cavalliensis） 電鯰（Malapterurus electricus） 萊昂電鯰（Malapterurus leonensis） 黑翼電鯰（Malapterurus melanochir） 小口電鯰（Malapterurus microstoma） 敏捷電鯰（Malapterurus minjiriya） 剛果電鯰（Malapterurus monsembeensis） 西方電鯰（Malapterurus occidentalis） 奧貢電鯰（Malapterurus oguensis） 小點電鯰（Malapterurus punctatus） 希倫電鯰（Malapterurus shirensis） 潛電鯰（Malapterurus stiassnyae） 坦干伊喀湖電鯰（Malapterurus tanganyikaensis） 塔農電鯰（Malapterurus tanoensis） 托氏電鯰（Malapterurus teugelsi） 賽氏電鯰（Malapterurus thysi） 副電鯰屬（Paradoxoglanis） 尾紋副電鯰（Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus ） 剛果河副電鯰（Paradoxoglanis cryptus ） 小副電鯰（Paradoxoglanis parvus ） 參考資料 台灣魚類資料庫 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=電鯰科&oldid=23255683” 分类：電鯰科 隐藏分类：维基数据有相关图片而本地未添加
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Encyclopedic overview
Electric catfish, or Malapteruridae (from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós) meaning "soft", πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "tail"), is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes). This family includes two genera, Malapterurus and Paradoxoglanis, with 21 species. Several species of this family have the ability to generate electricity, delivering a shock of up to 350 volts from its electric organ. Electric catfish are found in tropical Africa and the Nile River. Electric catfish are usually nocturnal and carnivorous. Some species feed primarily on other fish, incapacitating their prey with electric discharges, but others are generalist bottom foragers, feeding on things like invertebrates, fish eggs, and detritus. The largest can grow to about 1.2 meters (3 ft) long, but most species are far smaller.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “electric catfish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.