gymnarchus

Japanese: gymnarchus
gymnarchus

... On the other hand, skates (illustration) have small electric-generating tissues in their tails, and apparently use the discharge of several volts from these to signal to their mates or the opposite sex. In particular, the mormyrus and gymnarchus, which live in the murky freshwater of Africa, generate weak electric pulses at a steady frequency of 50 to 1,500 times per second to create an electric field around them. When another object approaches and disrupts the electric field, it is immediately detected by an electrosensory organ differentiated from the lateral line organ. ...

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Japanese:

… 一方,ガンギエイ(イラスト)の類は尾部に小規模の発電組織を有し,これから出る数Vの放電を使って仲間や異性に合図するらしい。とくに,アフリカの濁った淡水にすむモルミルスmormyrusやジムナルクスgymnarchusは,微弱な電気パルスを毎秒50~1500回の安定した頻度で発生させて周囲に電場をつくっている。他の物体が近づいて電場を乱すと,側線器官から分化した電気感覚器によって直ちにそれを検知する。…

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