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Electric eels are actually a type of eel.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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0 sources for · 2 against

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Is it true that electric eels are actually a type of eel?

Unclear. The retrieved items place the electric eel in the order Gymnotiformes (knifefish) and genus Electrophorus, which is not the true eel order Anguilliformes, but none explicitly states that electric eels are not true eels.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 0 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 2
Electricity
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Electricity. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity

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Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator.
2019
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CD, d. S., WGR, C., CB, D., RG, F., MH, S., R, C., J, R., J, Z., RR, d. O., RN, M., DA, B., TF, T., J, M., W, O., NCE, C., LA, P., C, N., L, S., LFA, M., & F, R. (2019). Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11690-z

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