Malapterurus melanochir

Malapterurus melanochir
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Malapteruridae
Genus:	Malapterurus
Species:	M. melanochir
Binomial name
Malapterurus melanochir Norris, 2002

Malapterurus melanochir is a species of catfish of the family Malapteruridae known as the "electric catfish"[1] and is found in Africa in the middle and upper Congo River basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]