Preferred Label : electric fish;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : fish, electric;
MeSH hyponym : mormyridae; mormyrid; Mormyrids; Elephantfishes; Elephantfish;
MeSH Related Number : txid31092;
MeSH annotation : do not confuse with EEL, ELECTRIC see ELECTROPHORUS;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric fish;
Origin ID : D004555;
UMLS CUI : C0013780;
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- Fish [UMLS semantic type]
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.
