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Electric Fish

Known as: Fish, Electric 
Fishes which generate an electric discharge. The voltage of the discharge varies from weak to strong in various groups of fish. The ELECTRIC ORGAN… 
National Institutes of Health

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2011
2011
SUMMARY Weakly electric fish generate an electric field with their electric organ to navigate in space, detect objects and… 
2004
2004
SummaryStimulus filtering by tuberous electroreceptors of the weakly electric fishEigenmannia virescens was investigated at the… 
1998
1998
The electric organ (EO) of the weakly electric fishSternopygus macrurus derives from striated myofibers that fuse and suppress… 
1990
1990
We examined the regenerating electroreceptors of the weakly electric fish Sternopygus by light and electron microscopy to search… 
1989
1989
In this study we investigated the electric organ discharge (EOD) activity of the mormyrid fish Brienomyrus niger when they were… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
The electric communication system includes both special muscle-derived cells or electrocytes that produce species-typical… 
1980
1980
SummaryHow does a gymnotoid electric fish with pulse-type electric organ discharges (EODs) detect specific novelties in… 
1980
1980
SummaryThe jamming avoidance response (JAR) is an increase or decrease in an electric fish's frequency of electric organ…