which fish can give an electric shock?

Answer 1

Electric fish, name for various fish that produce electricity by means of organs usually developed from modified muscle tissue. The electric eel (Electrophorus electricus), a South American freshwater fish related to the carp, has organs along the ventral surface capable of producing from 450 to 600 volts of electricity—enough to light a neon bulb. Other electric fish include the electric ray, extremely flat-bodied cartilaginous marine fish , related to the shark . The pectoral fins of most rays are developed into broad, flat, winglike appendages, attached all along the sides of the head; the animal swims by rippling movements of these wings. Most rays have slender whiplike tails or torpedo; a freshwater electric catfish, common name applied to members of the freshwater fish families constituting the suborder Nematognathi. The catfish is related to the sucker and the minnow , and like them has a complex set of bones forming a sensitive hearing apparatus. Catfish are named for the barbels with a jellylike subcutaneous electric organ (probably of epidermal origin) that extends over the whole body; and various species of stargazer, common name for any of several species of marine fishes of the family Uranoscopidae, found in southern waters, and having the mouth, nostrils, and eyes set high in the head. Stargazers lie buried in the sand, waiting for their prey of small crustaceans. Some species have electrical cells, developed from the optic nerve, capable of inflicting strong shocks. All these fish produce electricity at will to paralyze or kill their prey, to repel their enemies, and to aid in navigation. Recent experiments have shown that when an electric eel is in motion it generates pulses of low-energy electricity which serve to detect the presence of nearby objects. Scientists believe that electric organs in fishes may function also in communication between individuals. Electric eels are classified in the phylum Chordata (kôrdā`tə,–dä`–), phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Cypriniformes, family Electrophoridae.

Answer 2

Fish Electric Shock

Answer 3

Electric eels and rays give a decent shock...other kinds of fish will use electricity for a variety of things...but don't have the kind of power that those fish do.

Answer 4

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which fish can give an electric shock?

Answer 5

Electric eel?

I don't think it's considered a fish, but it's the only creature I know of that can actually give off an electrical charge.

Answer 6

It's called an Electric EEL

Answer 7

I know there are miner fish that can shock, electric rayfish, and also electric eels. I'm not sure about too many more. You should google that question

Answer 8

A large torpedo ray has been estimated to give off 120 amperes of current; the electric ray, 4 amperes, and the electric eel one ampere. An interesting account of electricity in fishes may be found in "Sea Frontiers", the Bulletin of the International Oceanographic Foundation

Answer 9

An electric eel.

Answer 10

umm... i dont know of any actually fish that can give an electric shock, but i know that catfish can sting you.