Supplementary information for
Omnidirectional Sensory and Motor Volumes in Electric Fish





Interactive 3D visualizations of the sensory volume (SV), time-limited motor volume (MV), and stopping motor volume (MVstop) for Apteronotus albifrons, the black ghost knifefish.

These Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) models can be viewed using downloadable web browser plugins and external viewers available for many platforms.

As of the date of publication, one of the following is recommended, in order of preference:

external link indicator Cortona VRML plugin (Windows and Mac OSX) or
external link indicator Octaga VRML player (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) or
external link indicator Xj3D viewer for all three platforms.


After installation, you can click on the links below to view the prey-related sensory volume (SV) and selected motor volumes (MV) referred to in the paper.

Fig. S1. Interactive 3D version of Fig. 3.

Fig. S2. Interactive 3D version of Fig. 6A.

Fig. S3. Interactive 3D version of Fig. 6B.

Fig. S4. Prey sensory volume (red) and time-limited motor volume (blue) where for maximal overlap between SV and MV (t = 432 ms).

Fig. S5. Interactive 3D version of Fig. 6C.

Fig. S6. Interactive 3D version of Fig. 7.

Fig. S7. Interactive 3D version of Fig. 8.


Technical note on the 3D model standard used here: VRML97 is an ISO standard (external link indicator ISO/IEC 14772-1). The more recent 3D standard being developed by the Web3D consortium, external link indicator x3d, is backwards compatible with VRML97.