Scientific Name
Electrophorus electricus
Common Name
Electric eel
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 0. Body elongated and cylindrical, almost without scales; head flattened; mouth large with one row of conical teeth on each jaw; presence of three abdominal pairs of electric organs; body color dark with anterior ventral part yellowish (Ref. 12225).