AQR0026. electric catfish; Africa; Malapterus spp.; Steinhart Aquarium San Francisco
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AQR0027. electric eel; can generate up to 220 volts; freshwater; Steinhart Aquarium; San Francisco
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AQR0028. elephant-nose mormyrid; Gnathonemus spp.; generates electrical fields to communicate; Steinhart Aquarium; San Francisco
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AQR0029. Amazon red-tail catfish (Phractocephalus hemiliopterus), whiskers sense electric fields of prey at greater range than it can see (can only see closer than one inch away); Steinhart Aquarium; San Francisco
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AQR0030. piranha, Serrasalmus rhombeus, schools are known to attack man and large animals, Amazon
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AQR1001. freshwater stingray, Long Beach Aquarium
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AQR1002. freshwater stingray, Long Beach Aquarium
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AQR1003. sand tiger shark; Odontaspis taurus; not dangerous to man; Long Beach Aquarium
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AQR1004. sand tiger shark; Odontaspis taurus; not dangerous to man; Long Beach Aquarium
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AQR1005. freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon), one of the most endangered fish in the world; family Pristidae includes rays, uses its saw, or rostra, by thrashing it from side to side in a school of fish, ranges Australia to Indonesia/western tropical Pacific brackish water, captive photographed at Long Beach Aquarium, California.
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AQR1006. freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon), one of the most endangered fish in the world; family Pristidae includes rays, uses its saw, or rostra, by thrashing it from side to side in a school of fish, ranges Australia to Indonesia/western tropical Pacific brackish water, captive photographed at Long Beach Aquarium, California.
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AQR1007. freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon), one of the most endangered fish in the world; family Pristidae includes rays, uses its saw, or rostra, by thrashing it from side to side in a school of fish, ranges Australia to Indonesia/western tropical Pacific brackish water, captive photographed at Long Beach Aquarium, California.
