Scientific name: Electrophorus electricus

The electric eel is found in the

Amazon Basin, stagnant arms of

rivers - areas where other fishes find it

difficult to live it.

The electric eels reproduces by laying eggs (it is oviparous). It is not a true eel.

Electric eels are long and Electric eels are long and slender like a snake, but they slender like a snake, but they have fins to help them swim. have fins to help them swim. They are black-brown to olive They are black-brown to olive in color. in color.

CHaracteristics

One shock from an electric eel will notkill a person, butrepeated shocks will.

electric eel grows to be almost 8 feet (2. m) long

Most of the internal organs are in the front

of the eel; the rest of the body contains the

electricity-producing organs

The electric eel is not a true eel.  They are members of a group of electrical fish ,includes knife fish, ghost fish... 

ability to produce strong electrical currents, reaching 500-650 volts

An electric eel is totally blind.

The electric eel eats other fish.

They get its prey by

shocking it with electricity. The

young eat bottom-living

invertebrates.

These are the most common.

Food

Alligators

Parts of the Eel.