electric eel (Electrophorus electricus), lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus) Français : Planche N° 110 du livre "Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation" par Georges Cuvier (Tome 8), seconde édition de 1828, représentant :
-en haut : Gymnotus electricus
-en bas : Ammodytes tobianus
Date 17 April 2013, 23:14:00
Author Rvalette
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuvier-110-Gymnote-equille.jpg
The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) is an electric fish, and the only species in its genus. Despite the name, it is not an eel, but rather a knifefish. Electric eels inhabit fresh waters of the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America, in floodplains, swamps, creeks, small rivers, and coastal plains. They often live on muddy bottoms in calm or stagnant waters.
The lesser sand eel or sand lance (Ammodytes tobianus) is a species of fish in the sand lance family Ammodytidae. It is an elongated cylindrical fish which may be up to 20 centimetres long.
