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Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Gymnotus

Gymnotus, a genus of eel-like fishes, with one species (G. electricus), the electric eel, about six feet long, from the rivers of Brazil and Guiana. There are no scales, or caudal or dorsal fins, and the anal reaches to the end of the tail. It is the most powerful electric fish known.