If you could be any type of fish, which would you be?
If I were to be any type of fish, it'd definitely be an electric fish (But it'd be for a week or less though, because I definitely love life as a human, lol). I don't know much about it, but for the little I know, it sure sounds like a fun fish.
According to Wiki, An electric fish is any fish that can generate electric fields. Most electric fish are also electroreceptive, meaning as much as they can generate electric fields, they can also sense electric fields.
Despite being a small minority, electric fish comprise both freshwater and oceanic species of cartilaginous and bony fish.
Many specialized behaviors have evolved in electric fish. When hunting, the predatory African sharptooth catfish listens in on its weakly electric mormyrid prey to locate it, which causes the prey fish to create more robust electric signals. As a sort of Batesian mimicry to deter predators, bluntnose knifefishes emit an electric discharge pattern resembling the electrolocation pattern of the hazardous electric eel. African knifefish have convergently evolved a method that is substantially comparable to that used by glass knifefish to avoid jamming when they are using similar frequencies.
One important feature worthy of note is that, electric fish build their electric fields from an electric organ which I have read is made up of electrocytes, modified muscle or nerve cells, specialized for producing strong electric fields, used to locate prey, for defence against predators, and for signalling, such as in courtship.
The two types of electric organ discharges—pulse and wave—variate depending on the species and the function.
I mean, being provided with a natural defense system to fight off predators is a big flex. Imagine not knowing the feeling of being bullied or harassed or molested.