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Electrophorus electricus

Taxonomy ID: 8005 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid8005)
current name
Electrophorus electricus
basionym:
Gymnotus electricus Linnaeus, 1766 in [Linnaeus C (1766)]
Genbank common name: electric eel
NCBI BLAST name: bony fishes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 2 (Vertebrate Mitochondrial)
Other names:
common name(s) electric knifefish
Lineage( full )
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Deuterostomia; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Actinopteri; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Osteoglossocephalai; Clupeocephala; Otomorpha; Ostariophysi; Otophysi; Characiphysae; Gymnotiformes; Gymnotoidei; Gymnotidae; Electrophorus
   Entrez records   
Database name Direct links
Nucleotide 49,433
Protein 45,454
Structure 4
PubMed Central 915
Gene 27,908
SRA Experiments 46
Identical Protein Groups 38,899
BioProject 15
BioSample 45
Datasets Genome 6
PubChem BioAssay 1,463
Taxonomy 1

Comments and References:
Linnaeus C (1766)
Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532 [Nantes and Pisces on pp. 394-532. Author's name given as Carolus à Linné. Photographs and notes on some Linnaeus specimens are at http://www.linnean-online.org/view/fish/fish.html.]
de Santana et al. (2019), doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11690-z
de Santana CD, Crampton WGR, Dillman CB, Frederico RG, Sabaj MH, Covain R, Ready J, Zuanon J, de Oliveira RR, Mendes-Júnior RN, Bastos DA, Teixeira TF, Mol J, Ohara W, Castro NC e, Peixoto LA, Nagamachi C, Sousa L, Montag LFA, Ribeiro F, Waddell JC, Piorsky NM, Vari RP, Wosiacki WB (2019) Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator. Nature Communications 10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11690-z

Genome Information

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Electrophorus electricus taxonomy/phylogenetic Animal Diversity Web
Electrophorus electricus (LinnA%A9, 1864) taxonomy/phylogenetic AnimalBase
2 records from this provider taxonomy/phylogenetic Arctos Specimen Database
Electrophorus electricus taxonomy/phylogenetic CalPhotos
Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766) taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
GOLD: Go0097264 organism-specific Genomes On Line Database
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Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766) taxonomy/phylogenetic Ocean Biogeographic Information System
WebScipio: Electrophorus electricus organism-specific WebScipio - eukaryotic gene identification
2 records from this provider taxonomy/phylogenetic World Register of Marine Species
diArk: Electrophorus electricus organism-specific diArk - a resource for eukaryotic genome research
Wikipedia taxonomy/phylogenetic iPhylo
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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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