Movie 2.

Electric foveation. This movie shows how electric fish use the fovea when searching for food. In the case of Gymnotus omarorum, note how the fish makes swaying movements and changes the EOD rate to identify the prey before taking it (a typical episode is repeated with slow motion).

Living life with an electric touch

Angel Ariel Caputi

Journal of Experimental Biology 2023. 226:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.246060