Electroreception and electrogenesis are the closely related biological abilities to perceive electrical stimuli and to generate electric fields. Both...
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J. S., and W. G. R. Crampton. 2005. Electroreception and electrogenesis. Pp. 431–472 in The Physiology of Fishes, 3rd Edition. D. H. Evans and J. B. Claiborne...
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Ampullae of Lorenzini (section Electroreception)
physically associated with and evolved from the mechanosensory lateral line organs of early vertebrates. Passive electroreception using ampullae is an ancestral...
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Fish (section Electrogenesis)
York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374207946. Albert, J. S.; Crampton, W. G. (2006). "Electroreception and Electrogenesis". In Lutz, P. L. (ed...
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accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G...
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Albert, J.S., and W.G.R. Crampton. 2005. Electroreception and electrogenesis. pp. 431–472 in The Physiology of Fishes, 3rd Edition. D.H. Evans and J.B. Claiborne...
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Fish physiology (section Electroreception)
Albert, J.S., and W.G.R. Crampton. 2005. Electroreception and electrogenesis. pp. 431–472 in The Physiology of Fishes, 3rd Edition. D.H. Evans and J.B. Claiborne...
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Electric fish (section Evolution and phylogeny)
S2CID 13359966. Albert, J. S.; Crampton, William G. R. (2006). "Electroreception and electrogenesis". In Evans, David H.; Claiborne, James B. (eds.). The Physiology...
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Species. Modern study began with Hans Lissmann's 1951 study of electroreception and electrogenesis in Gymnarchus niloticus. Detailed descriptions of the powerful...
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Shark (redirect from Shark senses and behaviors)
slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the division Selachii and are the sister group...
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Lungfish (section Anatomy and morphology)
characteristics within the Osteichthyes, including the ability to breathe air, and ancestral structures within Sarcopterygii, including the presence of lobed...
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Freshwater fish (section Sources and references)
all of their lives in bodies of fresh water such as rivers, lakes, ponds and inland wetlands, where the salinity is less than 1.05%. These environments...
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most often by wave-like lateral flexions of the fish's body and tail in the water, and in various specialised fish by motions of the fins. The major...
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(using paired fins and tail), and jumping. Many of these methods of locomotion incorporate multiple combinations of pectoral-, pelvic-, and tail-fin movement...
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Egg case (Chondrichthyes) (redirect from Egg case (skates, rays and sharks))
cases include some sharks, skates and chimaeras. Egg cases typically contain one embryo, except for big skate and mottled skate egg cases, which contain...
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A dorsal fin is a fin on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates. Dorsal fins have evolved independently several times through convergent evolution...
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and surrounding environment lead to a generation of alternating sideways forces that act to move the animal forward. These forces generate thrust and...
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Batomorphi (redirect from Rays and skates)
Holmes; Hopkins, Carl D.; Popper, Arthur N.; Fay, Richard R. (2005). Electroreception. Springer. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-0-387-23192-1. Faria, Vicente V.; McDavitt...
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Swim bladder (section Structure and function)
internal gas-filled organ in bony fish that functions to modulate buoyancy, and thus allowing the fish to stay at desired water depth without having to maintain...
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Juvenile fish Fish go through various life stages between fertilization and adulthood. The life of fish start as spawned eggs which hatch into immotile...
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fish of the family Tripterygiidae. Found in tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, the family contains about 150 species...
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including fish and cephalopods. The organ can be simple, or as complex as the human eye, equipped with lenses, shutters, color filters, and reflectors; unlike...
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Bichir (section Diet and traits)
portal Bichirs /ˈbɪʃɪərz/ and the reedfish comprise Polypteridae /pɒlɪpˈtɛrɪdiː/, a family of archaic ray-finned fishes and the only family in the order...
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Flying fish (section Distribution and description)
fish" and the fish is one of the national symbols of the country. The Exocet missile is named after them, as variants are launched from underwater, and take...
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Otolith (redirect from Saccule and utricle)
vertebrates, the saccule and utricle together make the otolith organs. Both statoconia and otoliths are used as gravity, balance, movement, and directional indicators...
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environments around the world. Fishkeepers often keep tropical fish in freshwater and saltwater aquariums. The term "tropical fish" is not a taxonomic group, but...
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the single living genus, Amia with two species, the bowfins (Amia calva and Amia ocellicauda), as well as the Ginglymodi, the sole living representatives...
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Snailfish (section Occurrence and habitat)
authorities do not recognise this superfamily and classify the two families within it, Cyclopteridae and Liparidae, within the infraorder Cottales alongside...
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sea anemones, starfish, snails, bristleworms and sea cucumbers—and benthivore or benthivorous, for fish and invertebrates that feed on material from the...
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Fish gill (section Lampreys and hagfish)
that allow fish to breathe underwater. Most fish exchange gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide using gills on both sides of the pharynx (throat). Gills possess...
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