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Electric catfish are found in several parts of Africa. Electric catfish are usually nocturnal and feed primarily on other fish, incapacitating their prey with electric discharges.
Electric catfish (family Malapteruridae) is the common name of several species of freshwater catfish with the ability to produce an electric shock of up to 350 volts using electroplaques. Electric catfish are found in several parts of Africa.
Electric catfish
Class: Actinopterygii
Status: IUCN: Least concern; CITES: Not Listed
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All species of the genus Labeo (Labeos) except Labeo chrysophekadion (Black SharkMinnow) Walking Catfishes, Family Clariidae All species Electric Catfishes, Family Malapteruridae All species South American Parasitic Candiru Catfishes, ...
Cobitidae, Common Shiner (Notropis cornutus) Cyprinidae, Congo Tetra, Congo Tetra, Cory Doris, Cyphotilapia frontosa (Cichlidae), Cyprichromis microlepidotus (Cichlidae), Discus Fish, Eduard's Mbuna (Psudotropheus socolofi), Electric Catfish ...
Other electric fish include the electric ray, or torpedo; a freshwater electric catfish with a jellylike subcutaneous electric organ (probably of epidermal origin) that extends over the whole body; and various species of stargazer.
sheatfishes, schilbeid catfishes, pangasid catfishes, torrent catfishes, loach catfishes, stream catfishes, parakysid catfishes, sisorid catfishes, labyrinth catfishes, airsac catfishes, squarehead catfishes, olyrid catfishes, electric catfishes, ...
tremor-catfish
the family of the tremor-catfish includes only one single type, the tremor-catfish or electric catfish (Malapterurus electricus), that are given a hom...
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 See also: Catfish, Diver, Eel, Shark, Candiru
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