Jan 18, 2021 by News Staff

New observations made near the mouth of a small lake on the banks of the Iriri River in Brazil’s state of Pará show Volta’s electric eels (Electrophorus...

Sep 13, 2019 by News Staff

The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) has long been assumed to be one species, but an international team of scientists has now discovered there are...

Jun 27, 2014 by News Staff

A new study led by Prof Michael Sussman from the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrates that six electric fish lineages – Torpediniformes,...

Apr 23, 2014 by News Staff

Ichthyologists have described a new genus and species of electric knifefish from the Rio Negro, the Amazonia State of Brazil. Procerusternarchus pixuna....

Sep 27, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Biologists from Canada, the United States, Colombia and Guyana have described a new species and genus of electric knifefish from South America. Akawaio...

Sep 5, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists have reported the discovery of two new species of toothed electric knifefishes that live under rafts of unrooted grasses and water hyacinth...