... cued hatching Lateral line system Behavioral plasticity Biotremology Ontogeny Vestibular system We thank J. Gregory McDaniel for collaboration in biotremology, including development of the tadpole rotator and egg-tray playback system, Jacqueline Webb and Andrea Simmons for advice...

...Prasong J. Mekdara; Margot A. B. Schwalbe; Laura L. Coughlin; Eric D. Tytell ABSTRACT Fish use multiple sensory systems, including vision and their lateral line system, to maintain position and speed within a school. Although previous studies have shown that ablating the lateral line alters...

... lateral line system, larvae were rarely capable of escape (mean P escape =0.05, N =11). In order to explore the rapid events that facilitate a successful escape, we recorded freely swimming predators and prey using a custom-built camera dolly. This device permitted two-dimensional camera motion...

... of fish, it is unclear what factors dictate a fish's ability to evade capture. The present study evaluated how the specific gravity of a prey fish's body affects the kinematics of prey capture and the signals detected by the lateral line system of the prey during the strike of a suction-feeding predator...

...Karla E. Feitl; Victoria Ngo; Matthew J. McHenry SUMMARY Fish use the lateral line system to sense the water flow created by a predator's strike. Despite its potential importance to the survival of a diversity of species, it is unclear whether this ability becomes compromised when a fish swims...

.... The 3-D CFD simulations showed that the presence of the fish body perturbed the dipole source pressure field near the fish body, an effect that was obviously absent in the PFT calculations of the dipole alone. In spite of this discrepancy, the pressure-gradient patterns to the lateral line system...