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Electrophorus electricus, or Gymnotus electricus, is a teleost of the family of Gymnotidæ, popularly known as the electric eel, and lives in the shallow waters of the South American equatorial rivers. It is the most powerful fresh-water electric fish ; mature specimens can discharge trains of pulses of more than 600 V and 1 amp1,2.
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AGALIDES, E., BERNARDINI, J. A Cure for the Ulcer-like Skin Disease of the Electric Eel. Nature 201, 102–103 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201102a0
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