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THE“ BIOLOGY 'OF FISHES
and probably expend the energy when captured, otherwise
the shermen Would know of it.
But in the Torpedo, the
Electric Eels, and others, the transformation is complete
and there is no sign of striation. In the Torpedo it has been
calculated that each organ contains as many as 500,000 _'Ï"
or terminals of the motor nerve bres.
Electric Eel the organs are very large and extend'the whole
length of the sh.
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proportion of Sodium, but a ”smaller prop0rtion0f pOtas‘siüiri?
than “the muscle
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