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Genus of fishes in South America
coloration: Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus, 1766) This, the type species, has a U-shaped head, with a flattened skull and cleithrum. Electrophorus voltai
Electric_eel
Simple electrostatic generator invented in 1762
word electrophorus was coined by Volta from the Greek ήλεκτρον, elektron, and φορεύς, phoreus, meaning 'electricity bearer'. The electrophorus consists
Electrophorus
South American electric fish
Electrophorus electricus is the best-known species of electric eel. It is a South American electric fish. Until the discovery of two additional species
Electrophorus_electricus
Species of electric eel
previously classified within Electrophorus electricus when that species was considered the only one in the genus Electrophorus, but a 2019 analysis described
Electrophorus_voltai
Italian chemist and physicist (1745–1827)
Royal School in Como. A year later, he improved and popularised the electrophorus, a device that produced static electricity. His promotion of it was
Alessandro_Volta
Order of bony fishes
for navigation, communication, and, in the case of the electric eels (Electrophorus spp.), attack and defense. A few species are familiar to the aquarium
Gymnotiformes
Species of electric eel
Electrophorus varii, or Vari’s electric eel, is a species of electric eel found in South America. It was previously classified within Electrophorus electricus
Electrophorus_varii
Order of fishes
also used for some other eel-shaped fish, such as electric eels (genus Electrophorus), swamp eels (order Synbranchiformes), slime eels (class Myxini), and
Eel
Family of freshwater fishes
Genus Electrophorus Gill, 1864 (3 species) Subfamily Gymnotinae Rafinesque, 1815 Genus Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (40 species) Historically, Electrophorus was
Naked-back_knifefish
Branch of engineering
In 1762 Swedish professor Johan Wilcke invented a device later named electrophorus that produced a static electric charge. By 1800 Alessandro Volta had
Electrical_engineering
Object with trapped electrical charge
One example is the electrophorus, a device consisting of a slab with electret properties and a separate metal plate. The electrophorus was originally invented
Electret
Fish that can leave water for periods of time
oxygen breathers that require resurfacing in order to survive, such as Electrophorus electricus and Gymnotus carapo, the latter of which uses an "esophageal
Amphibious_fish
Major river in Northern South America
(12 ft) in length and 200 kg (440 lb) in weight. The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) and more than 100 species of electric fishes (Gymnotiformes)
Amazon_River
Organ in electric fish
of the acetylcholine receptor by Noda and colleagues in 1982, while Electrophorus electrocytes served in the first sequencing of the voltage-gated sodium
Electric_organ_(fish)
Biological electricity-related abilities
similar to the low voltage electrolocative discharge of the electric eel, Electrophorus. This is hypothesized to be Batesian mimicry of the powerfully-protected
Electroreception and electrogenesis
Electroreception_and_electrogenesis
Branching shapes
and negative electric "fluids". In 1777, Lichtenberg built a large electrophorus to generate high-voltage static electricity through induction. After
Lichtenberg_figure
Phenomena related to electric charge
The electric eel, Electrophorus electricus
Electricity
Device that generates electrical charge on a high voltage electrode
machine appears to have grown out of the invention of Volta's electrophorus. The electrophorus is a single-plate capacitor used to produce imbalances of electric
Electrostatic_generator
Italian scientist (1737–1798)
Eel in the River Plate Region (c. 1760) and other Early Accounts of Electrophorus electricus". Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. 17 (2): 160–174
Luigi_Galvani
Largest known fish species
electric eel (Electrophorus voltai), a species of electric eel in the genus Electrophorus, which previously only had the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
List_of_largest_fish
Steel roller coaster at SeaWorld San Diego
Emperor in 2022. The ride is loosely themed around the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus). An educational area and informational exhibit on electric
Electric_Eel_(roller_coaster)
Dry photocopying technique
Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 242–44. ISBN 0-520-23802-8. electrophorus volta. "Photocopying processes". McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
Xerography
Separation of electric charge due to presence of other charges
such as the Wimshurst machine, the Van de Graaff generator and the electrophorus, use this principle. Due to induction, the electrostatic potential (voltage)
Electrostatic_induction
Electronic component
used by Alessandro Volta in 1780 to refer to a device, similar to his electrophorus, he developed to measure electricity, and translated in 1782 as condenser
Capacitor
German-Jewish biochemist (1899–1983)
concentration of acetylcholinesterase in the electric organ of electric eels (Electrophorus electricus). This work also demonstrated a strong connection between
David_Nachmansohn
Glass knifefish Eigenmannia virescens 44 cm (17.5 in) Electric eel Electrophorus electricus 200 cm (78.5 in) Northern pike Esox lucius 150 cm (59 in)
List of freshwater aquarium fish species
List_of_freshwater_aquarium_fish_species
fingers, powerful enough to stun or kill. Fish such as the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, create powerful electric fields with modified muscles, stacked
Biology_in_fiction
Bluffing imitation of a species with strong defenses
Müllerian, may be widespread in the auditory world. The electric eel, Electrophorus, is capable of delivering a powerful electric shock that can stun or
Batesian_mimicry
Brazilian medical researcher (1910–2000)
on the study of the electroplaques of the "poraquê" or electric eel (Electrophorus electricus), actually a fresh water electric fish native to the Amazon
Carlos_Chagas_Filho
Electrically insulating substance able to be polarised by an applied electric field
triboelectric effect). This can be useful, as in a Van de Graaff generator or electrophorus, or it can be potentially destructive as in the case of electrostatic
Dielectric
List of terms used in biology
(modern usage) broad-billed motmot, Electron platyrhynchum; electric eel, Electrophorus electricus No simple way to distinguish biological from other uses elegans
List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
List_of_Latin_and_Greek_words_commonly_used_in_systematic_names
Morphological pattern in fishes, named for and typified by the eels
Gymnotidae, the naked-back knifefishes, including the electric eel Electrophorus electricus. Research into the locomotion of anguilliform fish has provided
Anguilliformity
Swedish physicist (1732–1796)
invented an electrostatic generator that was a first version of the electrophorus, a device named and popularized in 1775 by Alessandro Volta. In 1772
Johan_Wilcke
Topics referred to by the same term
An electric eel is a freshwater fish of the genus Electrophorus, able to generate powerful electric shocks. The term may also refer to: Electric Eel (roller
Electric_eel_(disambiguation)
German scientist and satirist (1742–1799)
dielectrics, now called Lichtenberg figures. In 1777, he built a large electrophorus to generate static electricity through induction. One of the largest
Georg_Christoph_Lichtenberg
structure of the cholinergic receptor protein extracted by detergents from Electrophorus electricus electric tissue". FEBS Letters. 38 (1): 11–5. Bibcode:1973FEBSL
Pentameric_protein
shuttles hoppfish or shuttles mudskipper (2022) Order Gymnotiformes Electrophorus electricus, electric eel (2014) Order Lampriformes Lampris incognitus
List of sequenced animal genomes
List_of_sequenced_animal_genomes
List of definitions of terms and concepts used in electrical engineering and electronics
electronic speed control A device for regulating the speed of a motor. electrophorus An instrument used to produce electrostatic charge through electrostatic
Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering
Glossary_of_electrical_and_electronics_engineering
Gambusia holbrooki Y Y Eastern mudminnow Umbra pygmaea Y Y Electric eel Electrophorus electricus Y Y Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator Y Y Eastern happy
List_of_fishes_of_Florida
clupeaformis Lake whitefish Salmoniformes 429 XP_041707945.1 127 29.4 41.2 Electrophorus electricus Electric eel Gymnotiformes 429 XP_026886815.1 155 27.7 40
TMEM42
Jesuit naturalist
Eel in the River Plate Region (c. 1760) and other Early Accounts of Electrophorus electricus". Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. 17 (2): 160–174
Ramon_Maria_Termeyer
Branch of neuroscience
first voltage-gated ion channels to be isolated in 1984 from the eel Electrophorus electricus by Shosaku Numa. The pufferfish toxin tetrodotoxin (TTX)
Molecular_neuroscience
impossible with the fish's spikes intact. Electric eel The electric eel (Electrophorus), a fish that can reach 2 meters in length, which lives in the rivers
Animal attacks in Latin America
Animal_attacks_in_Latin_America
acetylcholine receptor. He often used cells from the electric organs of Electrophorus electricus (commonly known as the electric eel) and the Torpedo californica
George_Paul_Hess
French neuroscientist (born 1936)
Progress in purification of the cholinergic receptor protein from Electrophorus electricus by affinity chromatography. FEBS Lett. 28., 96-100. Hucho
Jean-Pierre_Changeux
German zoologist
by the physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond, to study the electric eel (Electrophorus) in the same Llanos region where Humboldt had made his observations;
Carl_Sachs
American scientist (1812–1866)
used to shock his friends. At sixteen, Page developed the "portable electrophorus", which served as the foundation for his first published article in
Charles_Grafton_Page
Award
Ingen-Housz, "Electrical Experiments to explain how far the Phenomena of the Electrophorus may be accounted for by Dr Franklins Theory of Positive and Negative
Royal_Society_Bakerian_Medal
Extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela
frog timarui ocellate river stingray umaha redeye piranha yarinuni Electrophorus electricus mawishi blunt shell kuibashi "savannah shell" matutu shell
Guinau_language
English clergyman and physicist
development of the voltaic pile. Bennet described experiments with an electrophorus and the generation of electricity by evaporation. Bennet extended his
Abraham_Bennet
Scottish astronomer (1710–1776)
Konjunktive, München: Beck, 1982, p.52 Hochadel, O. (1998), "Martinus Electrophorus Berschütz. G.Ch.L. und die wissenschaftlichen Schausteller seiner Zeit"
James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)
James_Ferguson_(Scottish_astronomer)
Graduated glass tube used to measure the change in volume of a gas mixture
and possibly catalyze a reaction by static electricity, using Volta's electrophorus. If the gases were flammable, they would explode, and increase the pressure
Eudiometer
magdalenensis Apteronotus mariae Distocyclus conirostris Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) Gymnotus chaviro Gymnotus esmeraldas Gymnotus jonasi Hypopygus
List_of_least_concern_fishes
Eel in the River Plate Region (c. 1760) and other Early Accounts of Electrophorus electricus". Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. 17 (2): 160–174
History_of_bioelectricity
King of Inca civilization, who was the most powerful emperor of them" Electrophorus voltai de Santana et al., 2019 Electric eel Alessandro Volta Capable
List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)
List_of_organisms_named_after_famous_people_(born_before_1800)
Protein in Humans
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. "THAP domain-containing protein 3 isoform X1 [Electrophorus electricus] - Protein - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. "THAP domain-containing
THAP3
Lichtenberg: German scientist credited with the development of the electrophorus. he is remembered for his posthumously published notebooks, which he
List of German inventors and discoverers
List_of_German_inventors_and_discoverers
Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Xenopus laevis African Clawed Frog Amphibia 352 XP_018094637.1 198aa 50% Electrophorus electricus Electric Eel Actinopterygii 435 XP_026880604.1 195aa 53%
C7orf50
Protein found in humans
201 71 Danio rerio Zebrafish Cypriniformes 433 NP_001004615.1 203 59 Electrophorus electricus Electric eel Gymnotiformes 433 XP_026863988.2 203 58 Callorhinchus
SLC66A3
Extinct genus of fishes
Characiformes Siluriformes RL 1596-15 Gymnotus Electrophorus Rhamphichthyidae Hypopomidae Apteronotidae RL 1596-3 RL 1596-A RL 1596-C RL 1596-5 RL 1596-1
Humboldtichthys
German chemist and physicist (1836–1912)
towards the end of the nineteenth century, is based on the principles of electrophorus and duplicator function. It is derived from the mechanical improvements
August_Toepler
Energy storing device powered by organic compounds
from various biological systems to generate energy. The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) is one of the most studied biological inspirations for soft
Biobattery
engineering Electronic filter Electronic speed control Electronics Electrophorus Electrostatic motor Electrostatics Embedded operating system Embedded
Index of electrical engineering articles
Index_of_electrical_engineering_articles
German clockmaker (1742–1813)
his persuasion, moved on from the watchmaking mechanics to the large electrophorus, which was evidently Klindworth's work by judging from Lichtenberg's
Johann_Andreas_Klindworth
Group of chemical compounds
ion channels in synaptic and conducting membranes of electroplax of Electrophorus electricus". Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 3 (3): 203–12. doi:10
Histrionicotoxins
Family of transport proteins
photoisomerizable agonist. Comparison with reversibly bound agonists at electrophorus electroplaques" — The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 75, 207-232
Light-gated_ion_channel
British ship broker and collector
the fish, named at the time at Gymnotus electricus, but now termed Electrophorus electricus, was obtained by Hawkins from Venezuela. It was dissected
Walter_Hawkins_(ship_broker)
New Information about Gene
Ocellaris Clownfish perciformes 431 XP_023154880.1 174 28.6 42.30% Electrophorus electricus Electric Eel gymnotiformes 431 XP_026870189.2 209 25.7 40
TMEM252
Human protein-coding gene
Xenopus laevis African clawed frog Amphibia 353 NP_001080515 240 58 73 Electrophorus electricus Electric eel Fish 432 XP_026860127 230 55 74 Oryzias melastigma
CDV3_(gene)
Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
tropicalis Western clawed frog Chordata 351.8 KAE8633085 133 78.18% 61% Electrophorus electricus Electric eel Chordata 435 XP_026886158 156 55.13% 87% Oncorhynchus
C9orf85
900.493.378.430 – gymnotiformes MeSH B01.150.900.493.378.430.250 – electrophorus MeSH B01.150.900.493.378.682 – skates (fish) MeSH B01.150.900.493.378
List_of_MeSH_codes_(B01)
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Boy/Male
German American
Warrior of Mars.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Lord Rama
Male
Greek
(Φίλων) Greek name derived from the word phileo, PHILON means "to love."
Girl/Female
Anglo, Australian, British, English
Form of Whitney
Boy/Male
Muslim
Minister
Boy/Male
Hindu
End
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Vincens, UINSEANN means "conquering."
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
She was a companion
Girl/Female
Hebrew
A singer.
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Godess Mahalakshmi
ELECTROPHORUS
ELECTROPHORUS
ELECTROPHORUS
ELECTROPHORUS
ELECTROPHORUS
pl.
of Electrophorus
n.
An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.