Association for Biology Laboratory Education

Sensory Perception and Communication in Electric Fish
 

Patricia J. DeCoursey

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 1984, Volume 5

Abstract

This exercise provides practice in a number of important general animal behavior techniques such as maintenance of freshwater aquaria, the use of an oscilloscope and other electronic devises for behavioral recording, and the taxonomic identification of fish.

Keywords:  mormyrid fish, gymnotid fish, electric fish, electroperception, electrocommunication

Clemson University (1983)