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Top: Schematic representation of the electric organ (red) in the electric fish Eigenmannia virescens. Bottom: A 5-mm-long section of electric organ, with a single electric organ cell (electrocyte) outlined in red. Each electric organ contains 1000–2000 electrocytes that fire synchronous, high-frequency action potentials to generate electric pulses that the fish uses for electrolocation and communication. The metabolic cost of each action potential is high and increases with spike frequency. See the article by Lewis et al. for details.
