Electrocommunication in Teleost Fishes

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-2

3. Taxonomy of Electroreceptive Teleosts

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   Pages 3-15

4. Electric Sensori-Motor System

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   Pages 17-58

5. Species Diversity of Electric Organ Discharge Activity

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   Pages 59-109

6. Communicating with Electric Organ Discharges

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   Pages 111-215

7. Conclusion

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   Pages 217-217

8. Back Matter

   Pages 219-240

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Some fishes test their environment by generating electric fields outside their bodies (man's first contact with electricity). To send and receive electric signals, one's own or those from a neighbor, is the basis of some bony fishes' unusual sensory capacities that enable them to lead a secret, nocturnal life. This volume provides the reader with a detailed account of these fishes' biology and behavior and their sophisticated sensory capacities. The phylogenetic relationships of the fish taxa involved are discussed as well as the physiology and anatomy of the electrosensory-motor-system and the integration to form an efficient intelligence system. The main emphasis is on the descriptive and experimental analysis of electric communication behavior in a variety of species, including studies of digital signal synthesis. Whenever possible, mechanisms of communication are indicated.

• Elektrische Fische
• Fische
• Kommunikation
• Sozialverhalten
• anatomy
• biology
• cognition
• fish
• physiology
• receptor
• social behavior
• synthesis
• system
• taxonomy

• Zoological Institute of the University, Regensburg, Germany

  Bernd Kramer

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