Reproduction
Nothing much is known of the reproductive biology of M. electricus According to Polle & Gosse (1969), breeding pairs nest in holes some 3 meters in length excavated in clay banks in water 1 to 3 meters deep.
Key Reproductive Features: sexual ; fertilization (External )
- Poll, M., P. Gosse. 1969. Revision des Malapteruridae (Pisces, Siluriformes) et description d'une deuxième espèce de silure électrique: Malapterurus microstoma sp. n. Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg., 45: 1-12.
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