Predictions & Data for this entry
| Model: std | climate: Af, Am | migrate: | phylum: |
| COMPLETE = 2.5 | ecozone: TN | food: biCvf | class: |
| MRE = 0.088 | habitat: 0iFm | gender: D | order: |
| SMSE = 0.038 | embryo: Fnm | reprod: O | family: |
Zero-variate data
| Data | Observed | Predicted | (RE) | Unit | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ah | 9 | 8.562 | (0.04862) | d | age at hatch | AssuSchw1995 |
| ap | 1095 | 1117 | (0.01984) | d | age at puberty | AssuSchw1995 |
| am | 8030 | 3729 | (0.5356) | d | life span | ADW |
| Lh | 0.9 | 0.9006 | (0.0006456) | cm | total length at hatch | AssuSchw1995 |
| Lb | 1.9 | 1.805 | (0.04998) | cm | total length at birth | SantVari2013 |
| L19 | 3.5 | 3.414 | (0.02461) | cm | total length at 19 d since hatch | AssuSchw1995 |
| L61 | 8 | 6.931 | (0.1336) | cm | total length at 61 d since hatch | AssuSchw1995 |
| L915 | 70 | 67.96 | (0.02911) | cm | total length at 195 d since hatch | AssuSchw1995 |
| Lp | 68.5 | 78.8 | (0.1503) | cm | total length at puberty | AssuSchw1995 |
| Li | 250 | 236 | (0.05607) | cm | ultimate total length | fishbase |
| Wwp | 782 | 763.3 | (0.0239) | g | wet weight at puberty | Kooy2014a |
| Wwi | 2e+04 | 2.05e+04 | (0.02511) | g | ultimate wet weight | fishbase |
| Ri | 46.58 | 48.59 | (0.04335) | #/d | max reprod rate | fishbase |
Uni- and bivariate data
| Data | Figure | Independent variable | Dependent variable | (RE) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tL |  | time since hatch | total length | (0.08931) | AssuSchw1995 |
Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C
| Data | Generalised animal | Electrophorus electricus | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v | 0.02 | 0.01233 | cm/d | energy conductance |
| kap | 0.8 | 0.9782 | - | allocation fraction to soma |
| kap_R | 0.95 | 0.95 | - | reproduction efficiency |
| p_M | 18 | 17.94 | J/d.cm^3 | vol-spec som maint |
| k_J | 0.002 | 0.002 | 1/d | maturity maint rate coefficient |
| kap_G | 0.8 | 0.8046 | - | growth efficiency |
Discussion
- Author_mod_1: I found information on the number of eggs per female as a function of length in Anon2013 that was much higher than in Anon2015 but chose to not include it as the temperature was not provided
- Author_mod_1: I was surprised to observe that the weight coefficient for ab changed so much the parameter values
Facts
- Obligatory air breather (Ref: Wiki)
- Some 5,000 to 6,000 stacked electroplaques are capable of producing a shock at up to 600 volts and 1 ampere of current (600 watts) (Ref: Wiki)
- There is a male-biased sex ratio, (3:1) (Ref: redlist)
- Males are considerably larger than females (but fishtank wrongly says that males are much smaller than females) (Ref: redlist, fishtank)
- Eggs are deposited in a foam nest built by the male, using his saliva (Ref: Wiki)
- Males are much more abundant (Ref: AssuSchw1995)
- Stomage of 7 cm larvae only consists of eggs, that of 8 cm for 80% (Ref: AssuSchw1995)
- Young leave the nest at 8-16 cm (Ref: AssuSchw1995)
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