Electroreception is the ability to perceive the world
via electricity. This non-human sense has been discovered in many fishes like
as Electric ray or Pacific Torpedo Ray, Stellate Sturgeon or starry, Scalloped
Hammerhead Shark or Hammerhead sharks, Pacific Lamprey, Thornback Skate,
Sandbar Shark, Chimaera. They used it for detecting objects around them.
Chimaeras:
Chimaeras are cartilaginous fishes in the order Chimaeriformes, known
informally as ghost sharks, ratfish, spookfish or rabbitfishes. They may be
the oldest and most enigmatic groups of fishes alive today. Chimaera
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Coelacanth:
The coelacanths constitute a rare order of fish that includes two extant
species in the genus Latimeria: the
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Pacific lamprey: The Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus) is an anadromous
parasitic lamprey from the Pacific Coast of North America and
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Pacific electric ray: The Pacific electric ray
(Torpedo californica) is a species of electric ray in the family
Torpedinidae, endemic to the coastal waters of the northeastern Pacific Ocean
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Sandbar shark: The sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, is a species of requiem
shark, family Carcharhinidae, native to the
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Scalloped Hammerhead Shark: Sharks have been around for over hundreds of
millions of years. While many of us may be familiar with a few shark species,
there are over 400 of them and Scalloped Hammerhead… Read more…
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Stellate Sturgeon or Starry Sturgeon: The Stellate Sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus, also
known as starry sturgeon or sevruga is a species of sturgeon. It is native to
the Black, Azov, Caspian and
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Thornback ray or thornback skate: The thornback ray (Raja clavata) or thornback skate
is a species of fish in the Rajidae family. It is found in coastal waters of
Europe and the Atlantic coast of
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