Abstract
Electric fields in natural waters present a wealth of sensory information. Bioelectric fields direct electrosensitive fishes to their prey, environmental fields provide important orientational cues, and the fields induced by the animals’ motion through the earth’s magnetic field offer oceanic species complete compass data. Particularly sensitive to electric fields are the marine sharks, skates, and rays, but the weakly electric fishes, the common catfishes, and several of the more primitive fishes are also known for their keen electric sense.
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Kalmijn, Ad. J. (1988). Detection of Weak Electric Fields. In Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals (pp. 151–186). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3714-3_6
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