Malapterurus

Malapterurus (from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós) meaning "soft", πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "tail") is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the electric catfish family (Malapteruridae). It includes 18 species.

==Distribution== The genus Malapterurus is found throughout western and central tropical Africa and the Nile River. They occur in all major freshwater systems including the Buzi, Niger, Ogooué, Omo, Sanaga, Sabi-Lundi, Senegal, Shari, Congo, and Zambezi River basins, as well as Lakes Albert, Chad, Kainji, Tanganyika, and Turkana. The genus (and indeed the whole family) is on the Prohibited Nonnative Species List of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and, while there does not appear to be firm evidence of any establishment as an invasive species in Florida, the genus may occur in Hong Kong now as well even if not yet reported as an invasive species there.