Fish researcher demonstrates first 'non-visual feeding' by African cichlids
Monday, April 13, 2009 - 16:56
in Biology & Nature
KINGSTON, R.I. - April 14, 2009 - Most fish rely primarily on their vision to find prey to feed upon, but a University of Rhode Island biologist and her colleagues have demonstrated that a group of African cichlids feeds by using its lateral line sensory system to detect minute vibrations made by prey hidden in the sediments.