electricus

The electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, is not a true eel but rather a species of knifefish.

Just Shocking! 2008

The fish is not so good as that caught further down, and the natives have a habit of narcotizing it: the Silurus electricus is exceptionally plentiful.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The most spectacular example is the fish popularly called the "electric eel," which has the very significant formal name of Electrophoms electricus The electric eel occurs in the fresh waters of northern South America: the Orinoco River, the Amazon River and its tributaries.

The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

Electricians are now examining the animal source of electricity in the electric eel (Gymnotus electricus); zoologists are still searching for the solution of the problem of the generation of eels, of which no more is known than that the young eels are not born alive; and numerous fishing societies are now studying the important question of raising eels in ponds, lakes, etc., that are not connected with the sea.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 Various

[Footnote 1: This name, coined by Fulton, was from the _torpedo electricus_, or cramp fish, which kills its victim by electric shock.] [Illustration: BUSHNELL'S TURTLE]

A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916

In Kirby and Spence one case is recorded in which the phosphorescence of the common phosphorescent centipede (_Geophilus electricus_) was actually seen apparently to serve as a means of defence against an enemy.

Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880

'This England ...' and Byronic -- 'The inviolate Island ...' shake the frame, as though smiting it with the tail of the gymnotus electricus.

Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

Shakesperian 'This England ...' and Byronic -- 'The inviolate Island ...' shake the frame, as though smiting it with the tail of the gymnotus electricus.

Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868

England ... 'and Byronic --' The inviolate Island ... 'shake the frame, as though smiting it with the tail of the gymnotus electricus.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

It is not only the torpedo or the _Gymnotus electricus_ that can send us messages from the ocean.

If, Yes and Perhaps Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact Edward Everett Hale 1865