electric eel

Summary

electric eel is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month, #1,380 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• electric eel's image is recorded as Electric-eel.jpg^[3].
• electric eel's image is recorded as Electric Eel.jpg^[4].
• electric eel's image is recorded as Electrophorus electricus 3.jpg^[5].
• electric eel's instance of is recorded as taxon^[6].
• electric eel's taxon rank is recorded as species^[7].
• electric eel's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[8].
• electric eel's parent taxon is recorded as Electrophorus^[9].
• electric eel's taxon name is recorded as Electrophorus electricus^[10].
• electric eel's subclass of is recorded as electric fish^[11].
• electric eel's Commons category is recorded as Electrophorus electricus^[12].
• electric eel's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 167700^[13].
• electric eel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gtwf^[14].
• electric eel's UNII is recorded as 8B87MQO99G^[15].
• electric eel's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8005^[16].
• electric eel's ITIS TSN is recorded as 163322^[17].
• electric eel's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 206595^[18].
• electric eel's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2401958^[19].
• electric eel's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1014794^[20].
• electric eel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Electrophorus electricus^[21].
• electric eel's Commons gallery is recorded as Electrophorus electricus^[22].
• electric eel's FishBase species ID is recorded as 4535^[23].
• electric eel's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• electric eel's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[25].
• electric eel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• electric eel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Electrophorus-electricus^[27].

Why It Matters

electric eel ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (281 views/month, #1,380 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]