Night-Shocker: Predatory Behavior of the Pacific Electric Ray ( Torpedo californica )
- 21 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 200 (4339), 333-334
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4339.333
Abstract
Diving observations off Santa Barbara, California, indicate that Pacific electric rays (Torpedo californica) enter inshore reefs at night and actively prey on fish with the aid of powerful electric discharges.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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