EntityQ18926800· pop 24· linked from 188 articlesElectrophorusSign in to savegenus of fishesSpeciesGENUSKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataClassTeleosteiOrderGymnotiformesFamilyGymnotidaeHabitatfreshwatervia GBIFResearch1,661 papersElectrophorus electricus as a model system for the study of membrane excitability.Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 1998The cytoskeleton of the electric tissue of Electrophorus electricus, L.Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2000Electric eels.Current biology : CB · 2026Acetylcholine-receptor-mediated ion fluxes in Electrophorus electricus and Torpedo california membrane vesicles.Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology · 1985Improved machine learning scoring functions for identification of Electrophorus electricus's acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.Molecular diversity · 2022via PubMedWikidata factsInstance oftaxonParent taxonGymnotidaeImageElectric-eel.jpgShow 3 more factsP105genusP910Category:ElectrophorusP1343Encyclopædia Britannica 11th editionvia Wikidata · CC0Connectionselectric organEntityelectroreceptionEntityCategoriesElectrophorusFish of the Amazon basinGymnotidaeKnifefish of BrazilStrongly electric fishTaxa described in 1864Taxa named by Theodore Gill