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Also Known As	electric organ

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Illustration of an electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) showing its external appearance above and a labeled diagram below highlighting internal electric organs: Hunter's electric organ, main electric organ, and Sach's electric organ. A scale bar at the bottom indicates 40 centimeters and 12 inches for size reference.

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