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No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Gymnotidae.
分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Gymnotiformes (Knifefishes) 電鰻目 (Knifefishes) > Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes) 裸背電鰻科 (Naked-back knifefishes) > Electrophorinae
Etymology: Electrophorus:Greek, elektron = amber + Greek,pherein = to carry (Ref. 45335); voltai:Named for Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745-1827). Eponymy: Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745–1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist and pioneer of electricity. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / 深度上下限 / distribution range 生態學
South America: generally in the north-flowing rivers of the Brazilian shield and south-flowing rivers of the Guyana shield. Occurs with Electrophorus varii in some streams in the Guiana Shield (Ref. 120918).
大小 / 重量 / 年齡
成熟度: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 171 cm TL 雄魚/尚未辨別雌雄; (Ref. 120918)
This species differs from E. electricus by having a ventral outline of head ovoid, widest anterior to branchial opening (vs. U-shaped) and with 112-146 lateral-line pores (vs. 88-101); differs from E. varii by having the skull depressed (vs. deep), cleithrum lies between vertebrae 5 and 6 (vs. between vertebrae 1 and 2), wide head (vs. narrow); distance between medial margins of contralateral dentaries at transverse through last two ventral pores 2-3 times longer in E. voltai than E. varii; low-voltage electric organ discharges or EOD duration 1.72 ms; high-voltage EOD 860 V at 121.9 cm TL (Ref. 120918). Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
de Santana, C.D., W.G.R. Crampton, C.B. Dillman, R.G. Frederico, M.H. Sabaj, R. Covain, J. Ready, J. Zuanon, R.R. de Oliveira, R.N. Mendes-Júnior, D.A. Bastos, T.F. Teixeira, J. Mol, W. Ohara, N.C. de Castro, L.A. Peixoto et al., 2019. Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator. Nature Communications (2019)10:4000. [+authors; Nagamachi, C.; Sousa, L.; Montag, L.F.A.; Ribeiro, F.; Waddell, J.C.; Piorsky, N.M.; Vari, R.P.; Wosiacki, W.B.] (Ref. 120918)
Phylogenetic diversity index (參考文獻 82804): PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
營養階層 (參考文獻 69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
回復力 (參考文獻 120179): 非常低的, 最小族群倍增時間超過14 年 (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). 🛈
