.... and Agnèse , J.-F. ( 2000 ). Phylogenetic relationships of mormyrid electric fishes (Mormyridae; Teleostei) inferred from cytochrome b sequences . Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.   14 , 1 - 10 . 10.1006/mpev.1999.0687 Lavoué , S. , Miya , M. , Arnegard , M. E. , Sullivan , J. P...

....2005.3101 Baier , B. and Kramer , B. ( 2007 ). Electric communication during courtship and spawning in two sibling species of dwarf stonebasher from southern Africa, Pollimyrus castelnaui and P. marianne (Mormyridae, Teleostei): evidence for a non species-specific communication code...

... by the distortions they cause in the electric field. The electrical properties of objects, their form and their distance,can be analysed and distinguished. Here we focus on Gnathonemus petersii (Günther 1862), an African fish of the family Mormyridae with a characteristic chin appendix, the Schnauzenorgan...

.... Experientia 28 , 669 -670 Bell, C. C., Myers, J. P. and Russell, C. J. ( 1974 ). Electric organ discharge patterns during dominance related behavioral displays in Gnathonemus petersii (Mormyridae). J. Comp. Physiol. A 92 , 201 -228. Bratton, B. O. and Kramer, B. ( 1989 ). Patterns...

... The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 Mormyridae playback experiment Knollenorgan receptor tuning curve temporal coding signal design multiple EOD dimorphisms Variation in courtship signals among closely related species can arise when signals display a potential mate's genetic...

...Thomas A. Terleph; Peter Moller SUMMARY African weakly discharging electric fish (Mormyridae) use their self-generated electric signals and electroreceptive abilities for orientation and communication in the context of courtship and territorial interactions. This paper documents socially mediated...

... sensitivity. In contrast, control animals in which only one bladder was manipulated or in which a sham operation had been performed on both sides had normal hearing. * e-mail: [email protected] 25 10 2000 3 1 2001 © 2001 by Company of Biologists 2001 Mormyridae...

... by Company of Biologists 1999 electric fish electrocommunication gymnotiform gymnotid mormyriform mormyrid Mormyridae electric organ electrocyte electrostatic field conductivity evolution communication Forty years ago the Journal of Experimental Biology published Hans Lissmann’s...

... record for the energetic cost of a vertebrate brain and they show that the species possessing such a brain has a high capacity for utilising O 2 at very low ambient concentrations. 31 10 1995 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 Mormyridae Gnathonemus petersii oxygen...

... electric fish Knollenorgan fish larvae ontogeny Mormyridae Pollimyrus isidori The elephantfish Pollimyrus isidori from tropical African fresh waters is the only mormyrid that has been bred in captivity ( Birkholz, 1969 ; Kirschbaum, 1975 , 1987 ; Crawford et al . 1986 ). The electrical...

... about the potential role of the EOD in both individual and sex recognition. communication electric fish electrosensory system Mormyridae individual recognition Pollimyrus isidori signature © 1992 by Company of Biologists 1992 11 11 1991 * Present address: Parmly...

...James H. Schluger; Carl D. Hopkins ABSTRACT African electric fish of a pulse species, Brienomyrus brachyistius (Mormyridae), housed singly in a large, circular arena, were presented with electrical stimuli which mimicked a conspecific intruder. Stimuli were produced with either dipolar or bipolar...