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MeSH Heading: Electric Fish
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.378
Unique ID: D004555
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004555
Annotation: do not confuse with EEL, ELECTRIC see ELECTROPHORUS
Scope Note: Fishes which generate an electric discharge. The voltage of the discharge varies from weak to strong in various groups of fish. The ELECTRIC ORGAN and electroplax are of prime interest in this group. They occur in more than one family.
Entry Term(s): Elephantfish; Elephantfishes; Mormyrid; Mormyridae
Registry Numbers: txid31092
Related Numbers: txid31092
Public MeSH Note: 87
History Note: 87
Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/04/15
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0007165
Registry Numbers: txid31092
Scope Note: Any species of freshwater African fish of the family Mormyridae, also known as elephantfishes.
Terms: Mormyrid Preferred Term
Term UI T013928
Date04/15/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Mormyridae
Term UI T426219
Date10/10/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Elephantfishes
Term UI T426220
Date10/10/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Elephantfish
Term UI T426221
Date10/10/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002)

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