multivalvulus, Electrophorus Nakashima [S.] 1941:462, Fig. [Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" v. 5 (no. 19); ref. 13212] Río Pachitea, Río Puinahua, and Río Pacaya, eastern Peru. Syntypes: not researched. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]. Misspelled multitalvulus in table. •Questionably a synonym of Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:59 [ref. 21320]). •Synonym of Electrophorus electricus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Campos-da-Paz in Reis et al. 2003:484 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[16] [ref. 35236]). •Valid as Electrophorus multivalvulus Nakashima 1941 -- (Craig et al. 2019:19 [ref. 37060] as multivalvulatus in Electrophorinae, Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Torgersen et al. 2023:777 [ref. 40692]). Current status: Valid as Electrophorus multivalvulus Nakashima 1941. Gymnotidae: Electrophorinae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon basin (Peru and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.