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Electric Fish

"Electric Fish" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Electric Fish" by people in this website by year, and whether "Electric Fish" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 16 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2003 and 2007
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