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Título: Chirping and asymmetric jamming avoidance responses in the electric fish Distocyclus conirostris
Autor: Petzold, Jacquelyn M.
Alves-Gomes, José Antônio
Smith, G. Troy
Palavras-chave: Animals
Behavior, Animals
Avoidance Behavior
Electric Organ
Gymnotiformes
Physiology
Vocalization
Animal
Avoidance Learning
Behavior, Animals
Electric Organ
Gymnotiformes
Vocalization, Animals
Data do documento: 2018
Revista: Journal of Experimental Biology
É parte de: Volume 221, Número 17
Abstract: Electrosensory systems of weakly electric fish must accommodate competing demands of sensing the environment (electrolocation) and receiving social information (electrocommunication). The jamming avoidance response (JAR) is a behavioral strategy thought to reduce electrosensory interference from conspecific signals close in frequency. We used playback experiments to characterize electric organ discharge frequency (EODf), chirping behavior and the JAR of Distocyclus conirostris, a gregarious electric fish species. EODs of D. conirostris had low frequencies (∼80-200 Hz) that shifted in response to playback stimuli. Fish consistently lowered EODf in response to higher-frequency stimuli but inconsistently raised or lowered EODf in response to lower-frequency stimuli. This led to jamming avoidance or anti-jamming avoidance, respectively. We compare these behaviors with those of closely related electric fish (Eigenmannia and Sternopygus) and suggest that the JAR may have additional social functions and may not solely minimize the deleterious effects of jamming, as its name suggests. © 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd | Journal of Experimental Biology.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.178913
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