Author: (Lacepède, 1803)
Comments: Inhabits both still and flowing waters; breeds in the flood season; feeds on mollusks (Ref. 28714).  Possesses electroreceptors over the entire head and on the ventral and dorsal regions of the body, but absent from the side and the caudal peduncle where the electric organ is located  (Ref. 10011).  Its electric organ discharge (EOD) is steroid-sensitive (Ref. 10763; 10764).  Fecundity value of 18,924 eggs has been reported for this species (Ref. 10607).