Electric stealth through bidirectional signal suppression in electric eels and their knifefish prey

2026/03/16 by Lok Poon, William G.R. Crampton · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Fish biology, ecology, and behavior #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2026.02.026

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Discussions

• A great week for e-fish papers! In this one Poon & Crampton show that electric eels predators suppress their low-voltage electrolocation EODs when hunting weakly electric gymnotiform prey which in tur [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]