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Electrophorus electricus is the best-known
species of
electric eel. It is a
South American electric fish.
Until the
discovery of two
additional species...
- word
electrophorus was
coined by
Volta from the Gr**** ήλεκτρον, elektron, and φορεύς, p****us,
meaning 'electricity bearer'. The
electrophorus consists...
- coloration:
Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766) This, the type species, has a U-shaped head, with a
flattened skull and cleithrum.
Electrophorus voltai...
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previously classified within Electrophorus electricus when that
species was
considered the only one in the
genus Electrophorus, but a 2019
analysis described...
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Electrophorus varii, or Vari’s
electric eel, is a
species of
electric eel
found in
South America. It was
previously classified within Electrophorus electricus...
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there are 43
species in two genera:
Electrophorus (3 species)
Gymnotus (40 species) Historically,
Electrophorus was in a
separate family Electrophoridae...
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Royal School in Como. A year later, he
improved and po****rised the
electrophorus, a
device that
produced static electricity. His
promotion of it was...
- for navigation, communication, and, in the case of the
electric eel (
Electrophorus electricus),
attack and defense. A few
species are
familiar to the aquarium...
- also used for some
other eel-shaped fish, such as
electric eels (genus
Electrophorus),
swamp eels (order Synbranchiformes), and deep-sea
spiny eels (family...
- of the
acetylcholine receptor by Noda and
colleagues in 1982,
while Electrophorus electrocytes served in the
first sequencing of the voltage-gated sodium...
