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title: "#Electric Discharge Animals & Superpower Traits (3 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Electrocyte cell stacks aligned in series to discharge high-voltage shocks up to 860 volts for hunting and self-defense. Explore all 3 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia."
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# #Electric Discharge Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations

> Electrocyte cell stacks aligned in series to discharge high-voltage shocks up to 860 volts for hunting and self-defense.

- **Trait Category**: Superpowers & Defense
- **Species Count**: 3 Curated Creatures
- **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/electric-discharge/)

## Species With #Electric Discharge

- [Electric Catfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/electric-catfish/) (*Malapterurus electricus*)
  - **Superpower**: An electric organ around most of the body; electric catfish can discharge up to 350 volts
  - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Gary Numan (80s Retrowave & Synthwave)
- [Great Torpedo Ray](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/torpedo-ray/) (*Tetronarce nobiliana*)
  - **Superpower**: Twin kidney-shaped electric organs that fire 170 to 220 volts, enough to stun or kill a fish and, from a large adult, to disable a person.
  - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: The Prodigy (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno)
- [Volta Electric Eel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/electric-eel/) (*Electrophorus voltai*)
  - **Superpower**: Bioelectrogenesis discharging up to 860 volts of direct electrical current
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Daft Punk (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco)

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