Species recognition by the sequence of discharge intervals in weakly electric fishes of the genus Campylomormyrus (Mormyridae, Teleostei)

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-41688
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.4168

Kramer, Bernd ; Kuhn, Birgit

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Abstract

In two Campylomormyrus species, tamandua and rhynchophorus from Central Africa, the electric organ discharge (EOD) activity was studied during the nocturnal activity phase in the laboratory. Both species have a pulse-type EOD of less than 200 μs duration and similar waveform; the sequence of inter-discharge intervals, however, differed characteristically: C. tamandua displayed a 'micro-pattern' ...