The dorsal filament of the weakly electric Apteronotidae (Gymnotiformes; Teleostei) is specialized for electroreception.

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Published in Brain Behav Evol on January 01, 1996

Authors

C R Franchina1, C D Hopkins

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., USA.

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