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Electric eel
Contents:
Electric eel
Classification
Taxonomic History
Habitat
Anatomy
Physical properties
Characteristics
Feeding
Health benifits
Reproduction
History:
• Desribed by Carl Linnaeous in 1766.
• He used the name Gymnotus electricus
• and placing it in the same genus as gymnous carapo.
• In 1864 it was moved to its own genus.
• Electrophorus by Theodore Gill.
Habitat:
– Electric eel lives in fresh water of Amazone
and Orinoco river basins in South America.
in floodplains,swamps,creeks and small rivers.
Anatomy:
• Having elongated ,cylindrical body.
• Their coloration is dark grey brown on the back and
yellow or orange on the top.
• The mouth is square and position at the end of the snout.
• They produce low voltage shock when hunting to stun
their prey .
Physical properties:
• Electric eel can grow to be 2m long.
• Having thick skin covered in little scale.
• Use electricity for survive.
Characteristics:
• Electric eel born in eggs they have 1700 babies.
• It is poweful because of electric shock.
• it produce more electricity than other animals.
• Electricity producing cells called electrocytes.
Electroreception:
• It is the adaptation of Electric eel.
• use for hunting,orientation during migration and for social
communication.
Structural adaptation of electric eel:
 Electric eel have sensors located along the side of their
long cylindrical body.
 Electrolocation is a weak electric signal, the fish emit for
navigating,searching for prey and communication.
 Having poor eyesight.
Feeding:
• Feed on invertebrates.
• Adult fish feed on small mammals and fish.
• Juviniles eat on small invertebrates such as shrimp and
crabs.
Reproduction:
• Having unusual breeding behaviour.
• In dry season male eel makes a nest from his sliva in
which female lays her egg.
• Male is larger than female.
Refrences:
• Catania k,the shocking predatory strike of the Electric
eel”Science the Vol,346,No 6214,(5 December 2014)pp
1231-1234.
• Katania,K C 'Leeping Eel electrify threats Supporting
Humboldts account of a Battle with Horses”Proceeding of
national academy of Sciences Vol,113(21 June 2016)
• Turkel W.J Spark from the deep: How shocking
experiments with strongly Electric eel fish powered
Scientific Discovery,John Hopkins University Press
Baltimore, 2013.
Electric eel

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Electric eel

  • 1.
  • 3. Contents: Electric eel Classification Taxonomic History Habitat Anatomy Physical properties Characteristics Feeding Health benifits Reproduction
  • 4. History: • Desribed by Carl Linnaeous in 1766. • He used the name Gymnotus electricus • and placing it in the same genus as gymnous carapo. • In 1864 it was moved to its own genus. • Electrophorus by Theodore Gill.
  • 5. Habitat: – Electric eel lives in fresh water of Amazone and Orinoco river basins in South America. in floodplains,swamps,creeks and small rivers.
  • 6. Anatomy: • Having elongated ,cylindrical body. • Their coloration is dark grey brown on the back and yellow or orange on the top. • The mouth is square and position at the end of the snout. • They produce low voltage shock when hunting to stun their prey .
  • 7.
  • 8. Physical properties: • Electric eel can grow to be 2m long. • Having thick skin covered in little scale. • Use electricity for survive.
  • 9. Characteristics: • Electric eel born in eggs they have 1700 babies. • It is poweful because of electric shock. • it produce more electricity than other animals. • Electricity producing cells called electrocytes.
  • 10. Electroreception: • It is the adaptation of Electric eel. • use for hunting,orientation during migration and for social communication.
  • 11.
  • 12. Structural adaptation of electric eel:  Electric eel have sensors located along the side of their long cylindrical body.  Electrolocation is a weak electric signal, the fish emit for navigating,searching for prey and communication.  Having poor eyesight.
  • 13.
  • 14. Feeding: • Feed on invertebrates. • Adult fish feed on small mammals and fish. • Juviniles eat on small invertebrates such as shrimp and crabs.
  • 15.
  • 16. Reproduction: • Having unusual breeding behaviour. • In dry season male eel makes a nest from his sliva in which female lays her egg. • Male is larger than female.
  • 17. Refrences: • Catania k,the shocking predatory strike of the Electric eel”Science the Vol,346,No 6214,(5 December 2014)pp 1231-1234. • Katania,K C 'Leeping Eel electrify threats Supporting Humboldts account of a Battle with Horses”Proceeding of national academy of Sciences Vol,113(21 June 2016) • Turkel W.J Spark from the deep: How shocking experiments with strongly Electric eel fish powered Scientific Discovery,John Hopkins University Press Baltimore, 2013.