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Malapterurus
Malapterurus (from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós) meaning "soft", πτερόν (pterón), meaning "wing", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "tail") is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the electric catfish family (Malapteruridae). It includes 18 species.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species
Electric Catfish
speciesMalapterurus electricus
Malapterurus barbatus
speciesMalapterurus barbatus
Malapterurus tanganyikaensis
speciesMalapterurus tanganyikaensis
Malapterurus oguensis
speciesMalapterurus oguensis
Malapterurus shirensis
speciesMalapterurus shirensis
Malapterurus beninensis
speciesMalapterurus beninensis
Smallmouth electric catfish
speciesMalapterurus microstoma
Malapterurus leonensis
speciesMalapterurus leonensis
Malapterurus monsembeensis
speciesMalapterurus monsembeensis
Malapterurus punctatus
speciesMalapterurus punctatus
Malapterurus teugelsi
speciesMalapterurus teugelsi
Malapterurus melanochir
speciesMalapterurus melanochir
Malapterurus minjiriya
speciesMalapterurus minjiriya
Malapterurus occidentalis
speciesMalapterurus occidentalis
Malapterurus tanoensis
speciesMalapterurus tanoensis
Malapterurus cavalliensis
speciesMalapterurus cavalliensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89725.