section_path: Anatomy and physiology/Electrogenesis
section_name: Electrogenesis
paragraph_text: Electrogenesis
  
  Electric fish such as elephantfishes, the African knifefish, and electric eels have some of their muscles adapted to generate electric fields. They use the field to locate and identify objects such as prey in the waters around them, which may be turbid or dark. Strongly electric fish like the electric eel can in addition use their electric organs to generate shocks powerful enough to stun their prey.