Comparison of the lateral line and ampullary systems of two species of shovelnose ray

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-64

  Wueringer, Barbara E ^a,b   Tibbetts, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ampullae of Lorenzini; Electroreception; Mechanosensory lateral line; Octavolateralis system; Shovelnose rays

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FISH; MECHANORECEPTION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

APTYCHOTREMA ROSTRATA; RHINOBATOS TYPUS;

EID: 38049024526     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-007-9063-9     Document Type: Article

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