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Malapterurus
Lacepède, 1803
- electric catfish
(fish)
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Malapteruridae (Family) - electric catfishes
..Paradoxoglanis (Genus)
..Malapterurus (Genus) - electric catfish
....Malapterurus beninensis (Species)
....Malapterurus cavalliensis (Species)
....Malapterurus electricus (Species) - electric catfish
....Malapterurus leonensis (Species)
....Malapterurus microstoma (Species) - smallmouth electric catfish
....Malapterurus minjiriya (Species)
....Malapterurus monsembeensis (Species)
....Malapterurus oguensis (Species)
....Malapterurus shirensis (Species)
....Malapterurus tanganyikaensis (Species)
....Malapterurus tanoensis (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Lacepède, 1803. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5, 90.
Types
Type of
:
Malapteruridae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1858
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 20 May 2025; [<10 Jun 2025].
[inferred]
Type, by monotypy
:
Malapterurus electricus
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms
Misapplied name
:
Torpedo
(Genus)
Forsskål, 1775, nom. inval.
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 May 2024.
[implicit]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
electric catfish
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21 Sep 2025