'Spooky Interactions', shocking adaptations discovered in electric fish of Brazil's Amazon

(New Jersey Institute of Technology) In findings published in the journal Frontiers, researchers have shown how a cave-adapted glass knifefish species of roughly 300 living members (Eigenmannia vicentespelea) has evolved from surface-dwelling relatives (Eigenmannia trilineata) that still live just outside their cave door -- by sacrificing their eyes and pigmentation, but gaining slightly more powerful electric organs that enhance the way they sense prey and communicate in absolute darkness.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 9, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news