electrocyte

A specialised electric organ exists in each animal's body, which is made up of thousands of cells called electrocytes that are aligned like batteries.

Electric eels possess a specialized nervous system that synchronizes the activity of electricity-producing cells called electrocytes.

The eel generates these powerful shocks using specialized cells called electrocytes, in organs that run along most of the length of its body.

Instead, thousands of cells called electrocytes are arranged along its body, each producing a small ion gradient and therefore a potential difference across them.

Electric eels have thousands of special cells, called electrocytes, that can store energy like a battery and then discharge it.