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Electrophorus electricus
Popular electric fish. The only species of the genus Electrophorus. It is capable of generating powerful electric shocks, of up to six hundred volts, which it uses for both hunting and self-defense. It is an apex predator in its South American range. Despite its name it is not an eel but rather a knifefish (Gymnotidae).
Electric eels live in fresh waters of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, the basins in South America, in river floodplains, swamps, creeks and coastal plains. They often live on muddy bottoms in calm water and in stagnant rivers.
This specimen is located in Batu Secret Zoo, Malang, East Java, Indonesia. This guy shared same aquarium with albino armored catfish / pleco,
Spotted on Dec 9, 2011
Submitted on Dec 9, 2011
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That's the first albino pleco i've seen.