Electroreception in the Ratfish ( Hydrolagus colliei )
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 207 (4430) , 547-548
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7352266
Abstract
Behavioral and neurophysiological experiments and anatomical work indicate that the ampullar structures on the head of fish of the subclass Holocephali are sense organs responsive to weak electric fields and are functionally and structurally homologous to the ampullae of Lorenzini in elasmobranchs. It is concluded that, as in elasmobranchs, these organs are used to detect bioelectric and other natural electric phenomena in the environment.Keywords
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