The Mechanosensory Lateral Line System of the Hypogean form of Astyanax Fasciatus

By J. Montgomery, S. Coombs, C. Baker. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2001

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Sexual selection in darkness? Female mating preferences in surface- and cave-dwelling Atlantic mollies, Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae, Teleostei) (2004, methodology): “In another cave-dwelling fish, the tetra Astyanax fasciatus, the lateral line system is used for ‘hydrodynamic imaging’ (Hassan 1989) and for the detection of moving objects such as prey items (see Montgomery et al. 2001 for a review).”
A flexible liquid crystal polymer MEMS pressure sensor array for fish-like underwater sensing (2012, background): “They are capable of performing this impressive feat by relying on arrays of sensors on their bodies called lateral-lines [7–12].”
Short-range orientation in fish: How fish map space (2006, background): “With no eyes to aid their orientation, blind cave fish orient using their lateral line organ which consists of specialised mechanoreceptor cells that measure perturbations in the flow-field around the fish (Hassan 1985, 1989; Montgomery et al. 2001).”
Sensory Adaptations of Fishes to Subterranean Environments (2013, unknown): “In cavefishes, and also in surface fishes, the lateral line system provides important information on water currents, for prey detection, and for hydrodynamic imaging (figure 2; Poulson 1963, Montgomery et al. 2001).”