Ontogeny of the electric organ discharge and the electric organ in the weakly electric pulse fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus (Hypopomidae, Gymnotiformes)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-119

  Franchina, C R ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Electric organ; Electric organ discharge; Gymnotiformes; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYHYPOPOMUS PINNICAUDATUS; GYMNOTIFORMES; HYPOPOMIDAE;

EID: 0031213874     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050098     Document Type: Article

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