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Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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order
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Gymnotiformes
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family
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Gymnotidae
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genus
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Electrophorus
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species
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Electrophorus electricus
Name
- Synonyms
- Electrophorus multivalvulus Nakashima, 1941
- Gymnotus electricus Linnaeus, 1766
- Gymnotus regius Chiaje, 1847
- Gymnotus tremulus Houttuyn, 1764
- Homonyms
- Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Common names
- Alimina in language.
- Anguila in Spanish
- Anguilla in Spanish
- Anguilla electrica in Spanish
- Anguille-tremblante in language.
- Darrål in Swedish
- Electric eel in English
- Electric eel in English
- Elektriangerjas in Estonian
- Elektrischer Aal in German
- Elektrisk ål in Danish
- Elektrisk ål in Swedish
- Enguia elétrica in Portuguese
- Maïchi in language.
- Maïsi in language.
- Ouwak in language.
- Peixe elétrico in Portuguese
- Pez elétrico in Spanish
- Pilakè in language.
- Pilaké in language.
- Pixundé in Portuguese
- Poraquê in Portuguese
- Poraquê de fogo in Portuguese
- Poulakè in language.
- Puraquê in Portuguese
- Puxundu in Portuguese
- Stretwa in Polish
- Sähköankerias in Finnish
- Sähöankerias in Finnish
- Treme treme in Portuguese
- Z'angi-tranblan in language.
- Zitteraal in German
- electric eel in language.
- electric eel in language.
- electric eel in English
- electric knifefish in language.
- угорь электрический in Russian
- 电鳗 in language.
- 電鰻 in language.
- Anguila in Spanish
- Anguilla in Spanish
- Anguilla electrica in Spanish
- Darrål in Swedish
- Electric eel in English
- Elektrischer Aal in German
- Elektrisk ål in Swedish
- Elektrisk ål in Danish
- Pez elétrico in Spanish
- Poraquê in Portuguese
- Stretwa in Polish
Bibliographic References
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Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Galvis, G., Sánchez-Duarte, P., Mesa-Salazar, L., López-Pinto, Y., Gutiérrez-E, M., Gutiérrez-Cortéz, Á., Castaño, M., Castellanos, C. 2007. Peces de la Amazonía colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Incoder, 489p.
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Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A. & J. S. Albert. 2003. Species diversity of gymnotiform fishes (Gymnotiformes, Teleostei) in Colombia. Biota Colombiana 4 (2): 147-165. | Cala, P. 1977. Los peces de la Orinoquía colombiana, Lista preliminar anotada. Lozanía (Acta Zoológica Colombiana) 24: 1-21.
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Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.