title: Passive and active electroreception during agonistic encounters in the weakly electric fish Gymnotus omarorum.
abstract: Agonistic behaviour related to territorial defence is likely to be costly in terms of energy loss and risk of injury. Hence information about the fighting ability of a potential opponent could influence the outcome of the contest. We here study electric images of the territorial and aggressive weakly electric fish Gymnotus omarorum in the context of agonistic behaviour. We show that passive and active electric images may drive the approach towards an opponent. The likelihood of first attacks can be predicted in these fish based on electric image information, suggesting that aggressive interactions may in fact be triggered through the passive electrosensory information.
authors: Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo11400, Uruguay. AG Active Sensing, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld D-33615, Germany.
authors: Federico
authors: F
authors: Pedraja
authors: Rossana
authors: R
authors: Perrone
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Silva
authors: Ruben
authors: R
authors: Budelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004557:Electric Organ / Q000502:physiology*; D023702:Gymnotiformes / Q000502:physiology*; D013731:Territoriality