Malapterurus electricus  (Gmelin, 1789)
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Common Name:	Electric Catfish
Synonyms:	Silurus electricus
Family:	Malapteruridaelycipitidae
Distribution:	Africa: Nile and tropical Africa (except Lake Victoria and rivers of East Africa north  of the  Zambezi), Lake Tanganyika and probably Malagarazi, Fernando Poo Island.  Also known  from the lower and middle Zambezi, Pungwe, lower Save, and  throughout the Congo system
Size:	90cm. (36ins)
Temp:	23 -30°C (73 -87°F)
p.H.	6.5 -7.2.