Electrosensory prey detection in the African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae), of a weakly electric mormyrid fish, the bulldog (Marcusenius macrolepidotus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 218-228

  Hanika, S ^a   Kramer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ampullary electroreceptor organs; Electric organ discharge; Electroreception; Prey detection; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FISH; PREY LOCATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; MARCUSENIUS MACROLEPIDOTUS;

EID: 0033831895     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000232     Document Type: Article

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