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Mormyridae

Known as: Elephantfish, Mormyrids, Mormyrid 
Any species of freshwater African fish of the family Mormyridae, also known as elephantfishes.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Feature-detecting auditory neurons in the brain of a sound-producing fish
Abstract The mormyrid fish Pollimyrus adspersus has auditory specializations for sound pressure detection and uses acoustic… 
1993
1993
Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive cell groups in the brain of the teleost fishGnathonemus petersii
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Morphology and physiology of the brainstem nuclei controlling the electric organ discharge in mormyrid fish
The motoneurons to the mormyrid electric organ are driven from the medullary relay nucleus. This nucleus is in turn innervated by… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Hormonal control of sex differences in the electric organ discharge (EOD) of mormyrid fishes
SummaryField studies have demonstrated that several species of mormyrid fish from Gabon, West Africa have a sex difference in the… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Evolution of electric communication channels of mormyrids
Summary1.Field studies in the Ivindo River district of Gabon, West Africa, yielded information on the ecology and the electric… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Comparative studies of the aggressive behaviour of two gymnotid electric fish (Gymnotus carapo and Hypopomus artedi)
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Electric organ discharge interaction during interspecific agonistic behaviour in freely swimming mormyrid fish
SummaryA data acquisition technique is described, which uses a digital analyser to measure off-line the lengths of intervals… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The posterior lateral line lobe of a mormyrid fish — a golgi study
  • L. Maler
  • The Journal of comparative neurology
  • 1973
  • Corpus ID: 42677964
The posterior lateral line lobe is a rhombencephalic laminated structure. There is a topographic projection of anterior and… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Ultrastructure of an electroreceptor (mormyromast) in a mormyrid fish, Gnathonemus petersii. II.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Physiology and ultrastructure of electrotonic junctions. II. Spinal and medullary electromotor nuclei in mormyrid fish.
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