Description of the mechanoreceptive lateral line and electroreceptive ampullary systems in the freshwater whipray, Himantura dalyensis

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 771-779

  Marzullo, Teagan A ^a   Wueringer, Barbara E ^a   Jnr, Lyle Squire ^b   Collin, Shaun P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Cairns Marine   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ampullae of Lorenzini; Himantura polylepis; mechanosensory lateral line; pit organs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANATOMY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AUSTRALIA;

DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS SABINA; HIMANTURA; HIMANTURA CHAOPHRAYA; HIMANTURA GERRARDI; HIMANTURA SIGNIFER; PISCES; POLYLEPIS;

EID: 79959793176     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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