Electrophorus electricus

Electrophorus electricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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.) 2025. 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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