Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Gmelin, Johann F. 1789. Caroli a Linné, systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae. Vol. 1(3), No. 3, Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata: 1033-1516.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Siluriformes
- family
- Malapteruridae
- genus
- Malapterurus
- species
- Malapterurus electricus
Name
- Synonyms
- Malopterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789)
- Silurus electricus Bonnaterre, 1788
- Silurus electricus Gmelin, 1789
- Homonyms
- Malapterurus electricus (Gmelin, 1789)
- Common names
- African Electric Catfish in English
- Aprukusu in Twi
- Apusu in Twi
- Bagre-elétrico in Portuguese
- Barada in Arabic
- Dzidzi in language.
- El Raade in Arabic
- El Raash in Arabic
- Elektriese Baber in Afrikaans
- Električni som in Croatian
- Elmalle in Danish
- Inyika in Rundi
- Minjiriya in Hausa
- Nyika in Swahili
- Sum elektryczny in Polish
- Zitterwels in German
- electric catfish in English
- electric catfish in English
- pasumec elektrický in Czech
- Электрический сом in Russian
- ปลาดุกไฟฟ้า in Thai
- デンキナマズ in Japanese
- African Electric Catfish in English
- Aprukusu in Twi
- Apusu in Twi
- Bagbi in language.
- Barada in Arabic
- Der, Diar in language.
- Dzidzi in language.
- El Raade in Arabic
- El Raash in Arabic
- Minjiriya in Hausa
Bibliographic References
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
- Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.