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  1. An electric fish is any of several unrelated
  2. FISH that have electricity-producing 
  3. powers, including the South American
  4. ELECTRIC_EEL. These include Electrophorus
  5. electricus, which is not a true eel, and in
  6. which the lateral tail muscles are modified
  7. to form electric organs capable of generating
  8. 650 volts; the current passing from tail to
  9. head is strong enough to stun another animal.
  10. Not all electric fish produce such strong
  11. discharges; most use weak electric fields to
  12. find and to detect nearby objects.
  13.  
  14. Subject by: Robert Small
  15.