Electric eels belong to the genus electric eel of bare-backed electric eel family. Although they are called electric eels, they have little to do with eels. On the contrary, they are similar to catfish. They are called electric eels because they can generate electric current, and the current they generate is still relatively large. An adult electric eel can emit an electric current of 300-800 volts, which can corona many large aquatic animals.

Electric eels are mainly distributed in the Amazon River basin of South America, and they like to move in shallow ponds and swamps. The electric eel moves slowly and has a large size. It looks like a cylinder as a whole, with smooth and scaleless body surface and black back. Electric eels can discharge at will, and can master the time and intensity of discharge by themselves.

Electric eels can be raised because they are not too harmful to human beings, and they cannot generate large current in the air. Moreover, they are likely to electrify themselves when they discharge electricity in the air, so it is ok to breed electric eels artificially.

Electric eels have low requirements on the environment. They often live in turbid water in the wild, so they only need to keep the water clean when they are raised artificially. They like to grow in water temperature above 15 ℃. As long as the room temperature is above 15 ℃, they can live normally. In addition, electric eels can breathe air directly, so there is no need to worry about oxygen, and breeding is relatively simple.