Anthony Cerrato  wrote or quoted me writing:

> > Underwater electronics seems like a simple enough
> > proposition.  All you need is insulators.  Underwater
> > creatures seem to have plenty of those available to
> > them - in the form of materials such as fats.
> >
> > The nervous system in undersea creatures works largely on
> > electrical impulses - it seems that evolution cracked the
> > "underwater electronics" problems long ago.

[...]

> Yes, the best example of underwater "electronics" being the
> electric eel, electric rays (order Torpediniformes,) and
> electric catfish (Malapterurus electricus.) Give any of
> these the equivalent of functional arms and hands, and we
> could have a plethora of Edisons.

Fish invented the light bulb /long/ before Edison ;-)

See "Lantern fish":

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9047139&query=deep-sea%20fish
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