Active electroreception, or electrolocation, occurs only in the teleost lineages Mormyroidea and Gymnotiformes, where the animal generates a weak electric-organ discharge (EOD) of less than 1 volt and detects distortions in the resulting field using high-frequency-tuned tuberous electroreceptors.

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  Electroreception, electrogenesis and electric signal evolution
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Referenced by nodes (4)

• Gymnotiformes concept
• Mormyroidea concept
• electric organ discharge concept
• electrolocation concept