Of course it may well be there are two subspecies, both similar at a quick glance, one of which produced an electric current and one that spits up acidic spray. I can see electricy evolving in this enviroment for an ambush preditor who lays half-burried in sand on a migration trail or the path to a watering hole for some animal to brush up aginst it and unleash its stored charge to drop something much larger than itself while it feeds.