Organisms

Electric Fish

Fishes which generate an electric discharge. The voltage of the discharge varies from weak to strong in various groups of fish. The ELECTRIC ORGAN and electroplax are of prime interest in this group. They occur in more than one family.

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Fishes which generate an electric discharge. The voltage of the discharge varies from weak to strong in various groups of fish. The ELECTRIC ORGAN and electroplax are of prime interest in this group. They occur in more than one family.

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6 entry terms
  • Fish, Electric
  • Elephantfish
  • Elephantfishes
  • Mormyrid
  • Mormyridae
  • Mormyrids

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, surgery, urine, virology.

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do not confuse with EEL, ELECTRIC see ELECTROPHORUS

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.493w.378w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Electric Fish. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004555. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004555
  2. Electric Fish. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_fish
  3. Electric Fish. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394029