Electric catfish
Stargazers
Gymno tidae
1 species, Gymnotus
curapo
Sternopygidae
4 or 5 genera, a number of species
Rhamphichthyidae 2 monospecific genera
Sternarchidae
About 9 genera, a
number of species
Malapteruridae
1 species, Malapterurus
electricus
Uranoscopidae
1 electric genus,
Astroscopus; several
species
Weak
Freshwater, South
America
Weak
Freshwater, South
America
Weak
Freshwater, South
America
Weak
Freshwater, South
Smerica
Strong, more than
300 V d
Strong? about 5 V Marine, Western
in air from small
Atlantic
animals8
a Arranged phylogenetically; see Greenwood et al. (1966) for more detailed classifications. From Bennett (1970).
From Bennett et al. (1961).
c From Albe-Fessard (1950a).
From Remmler (1930).
* From Bennett and Grundfest (1961~).
w
B