Theoretical analysis of pre-receptor image conditioning in weakly electric fish. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2005 Electroreceptive fish detect nearby objects by processing the information contained in the pattern of electric currents through the skin. The distribution of local transepidermal voltage or current density on the sensory surface of the fish's skin is the
Adriana Migliaro +2 more
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Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2009 A unique evolutionary specialization of African weakly electric fish (Mormyridae) is their ability to produce and perceive electric signals. Mormyrids use their Electric Organs Discharge (EOD) for electrolocation and electrocommunication. Here we discuss
Philine G.D. Feulner +4 more
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Predation and Crypsis in the Evolution of Electric Signaling in Weakly Electric Fishes
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Eavesdropping by electroreceptive predators poses a conflict for weakly electric fish, which depend on their Electric Organ Discharge (EOD) signals both for navigation and communication in the dark.
Philip K. Stoddard +3 more
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Male-mediated species recognition among African weakly electric fishes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Effective communication among sympatric species is often instrumental for behavioural isolation, where the failure to successfully discriminate between potential mates could lead to less fit hybrid offspring.
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Automatic realistic real time stimulation/recording in weakly electric fish: long time behavior characterization in freely swimming fish and stimuli discrimination. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Weakly electric fish are unique model systems in neuroethology, that allow experimentalists to non-invasively, access, central nervous system generated spatio-temporal electric patterns of pulses with roles in at least 2 complex and incompletely ...
Caroline G Forlim, Reynaldo D Pinto
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Perception and coding of envelopes in weakly electric fishes [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013 SummaryNatural sensory stimuli have a rich spatiotemporal structure and can often be characterized as a high frequency signal that is independently modulated at lower frequencies. This lower frequency modulation is known as the envelope. Envelopes are commonly found in a variety of sensory signals, such as contrast modulations of visual stimuli and ...
Sarah A, Stamper +2 more
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A Spark in the Dark: Uncovering Natural Activity Patterns of Mormyrid Weakly Electric Fish
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 To understand animal ecology, observation of wildlife in the natural habitat is essential, but particularly challenging in the underwater realm. Weakly electric fishes provide an excellent opportunity to overcome some of these challenges because they ...
Stefan Mucha +3 more
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A Mathematical Model for Electrolocation in Weakly Electric Fishes
BIO Web of Conferences, 2016 Weakly electric fishes usually live in the rivers of Africa and South America. They are able to orient themselves thanks to an electric sense, called electrolocation, that consist of emitting an electric field and sensing it at the surface of their skin.
Boulier Thomas
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Stimulus-induced up states in the dorsal pallium of a weakly electric fish
Journal of Neurophysiology, 2015 S Benjamin Elliott, Leonard Maler
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Comparable ages for the independent origins of electrogenesis in African and South American weakly electric fishes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 One of the most remarkable examples of convergent evolution among vertebrates is illustrated by the independent origins of an active electric sense in South American and African weakly electric fishes, the Gymnotiformes and Mormyroidea, respectively ...
Sébastien Lavoué +5 more
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