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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Osteoglossiformes
Family:
Mormyridae
Genus:
Pollimyrus
Species:
isidori
Common:
Elephant Fish
Climates:
Tropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Africa - Inland Waters
Crawford, J. D., Hagedorn, M., Hopkins, C. D. 1986. Acoustic Communication in an Electric Fish, Pollimyrus isidori (Mormyridae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 159(3): 297-310.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Crawford, J. D., Cook, A. P., Heberlein, A. S. 1997. Bioacoustic Behavior of African Fishes (Mormyridae): Potential Cues for Species and individual Recognition in Pollimyrus. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102(2): 1200-1212.
Crawford, J. D., Jacob, P., Bénech, V. 1997. Sound Production and Reproductive Ecology of Strongly Acoustic Fish in Africa: Pollimyrus isidori, Mormyridae. Behaviour, 134(9-10): 677-725.
Crawford, J. D., Huang, X. 1999. Communication Signals and Sound Production Mechanisms of Mormyrid Electric Fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 202(10): 1417-1426.
Crawford, J. D. 1991. Sex Recognition by Electric Cues in a Sound-Producing Mormyrid Fish, Pollimyrus isidori. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 38(1): 20-38.