are there just electric eels or can there be eels without electric charge????
2007-02-23 15:09:20 · 6 answers · asked by jess 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
there are many eel species. Electric Eels are just one. About 80 types. Salt water, Fresh water all sorts of them. They are from the family Muraenidea. Some of the better known eels are the Moray Eel, American Eel, Glass Eels, and the well known Electric Eel. Most of them are non electric.
2007-02-23 15:16:50 · answer #1 · answered by I luv Pets 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As far as I know there are no True electric eels. Most eels do not possess any apparatus that can produce electricity.
The electric eel, or Electrophorus electricus, is a freshwater fish, not a true eel but a fish. they are most notable for their astounding ability to generate an incredible amount of electricity Upwards of 600V
Morays do not possess any apparatus that can produce electricity. Most don't.
The Electric Catfish (Malapterurus electricus): 350V
The Electric Ray (Torpedo torpedo 200V
2007-02-24 15:40:49 · answer #2 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are eels without electric - and there are electric fish that aren't eels!
The "electric eel" isn't an eel at all, just "eel-like" in appearance. It's a relative of knifefish (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=857), a tropical aquarium fish, which also has a mild electric current that it uses to navigate. There's also an electric catfish that produces a noticeable charge: http://whozoo.org/Intro2000/tashcorm/tempagetwo.htm
Besides knifefish, anothr tropical fish, the elephant nose, also uses a very mild electrical field: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1882
Some "eels" that aren't electric: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1026, http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=29
2007-02-23 15:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, electric eels are not eels at all, but fish and the only kind of fish in the genus Electrophorus.
2016-05-24 04:34:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Danielle Z is correct there are no true electric eels.
The electric eel is actually a fish. Long tailed knifefish
2007-02-24 15:44:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there are a number of eels with no electric charge to speak of, I once had a really ugly electric fish, I gave it to my nephew who used to shock all his friends
2007-02-23 15:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by jigadee 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋