electric eel

Also known as Electrophorus electricus

species of fish

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The electric eel (*Electrophorus electricus*) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Gymnotidae and order Gymnotiformes. It is classified within the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata, and is recognized as a type of electric fish. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1766 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern.

Common names for this organism include Anguila, Anguilla, and Anguilla electrica. The taxon range includes Brazil and Maraã. The species has been described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Species

PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderGymnotiformes
FamilyGymnotidae

Habitatfreshwater

本条目没有列出任何参考或来源。（2010年11月27日）維基百科所有的內容都應該可供查證。请协助添加来自可靠来源的引用以改善这篇条目。无法查证的内容可能被提出异议而移除。二名法 Electrophorus electricus（L.，1766年）電鰻（學名：Electrophorus electricus）是一種以能短暫強力放電而聞名的淡水魚類。體型粗圓而長，最大可長達250公分左右，棲息在南美洲的亞馬遜河及奧里諾科河流域，生性晝伏夜出，以捕食小魚為主。電鰻雖名為“鰻”，但並不是鰻的一種，在生物分類上電鰻和鯰魚更為接近，皆置於骨鳔总目之下。儘管如此，電鰻不能叫作電鯰，因為電鯰已是存在於非洲的魚類名稱。放電能力電鰻的放電能力來自於牠特化的肌肉組織所構成的放電體。肌肉組織幾乎都能放電，佔其身長的80%以上，有數以千計的放電體。電鰻的頭部是正極，尾部是負極，每個放電體約可製造0.15伏特的電壓，而當數千個放電體一起全力放電時的電壓便高達600～800伏特，但這種高電壓只能維持非常短暫的時間，而且放電能力會隨著疲勞或衰老的程度而減退。電鰻能自由控制要放出什麼程度的電力，一般認為電鰻放出低電力的目的是在警告、試探或偵測。電鰻之所以能不被自己或同類電到，那是因為電鰻體內的脂肪組織有很好的絕緣作用，而且電鰻本身已很適應微弱的帶電環境。經濟利用電鰻除利用在科學研究外，也可做為食用魚及觀賞魚。參見電鯰：分布在非洲的剛果河及尼羅河一帶的魚類。電鳐维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源：電鰻维基物种中的分类信息：電鰻取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=電鰻&oldid=50791190” 分类： IUCN无危物种骨鳔总目卡尔·林奈命名的生物分类隐藏分类：自2010年11月缺少来源的条目 TaxoboxLatinName 本地相关图片与维基数据不同

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Subclass of: electric fish
Parent taxon: Electrophorus
Image: Electrophorus electricus 3.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Electrophorus electricus
Commons category: Electrophorus electricus
Commons gallery: Electrophorus electricus
taxon common name: Anguille électrique
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
sequenced genome URL: www.ensembl.org/Electrophorus_electricus
taxon range: Maraã
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
short name: E. electricus

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Encyclopedic overview

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. Despite the name, it is not an eel, but rather a knifefish. It is considered as a freshwater teleost which contains an electrogenic tissue that produces electric discharges.

Taxonomic history

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “electric eel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.