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TORPEDO. 
The electric organs of this curious fish are placed 
on each side of the head and gills, reaching from 
hence to the semicircular cartilages of each great 
fin. Each organ is about five inches in length, and 
at the anterior end about three in breadth ; they are 
covered above and below with the common skin of 
the animal, under which are longitudinal fibres 
spread entirely over them. 
