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We investigated the ability of the mormyrid\n                    <jats:italic>Gnathonemus petersii</jats:italic>\n                    to perceive objects three–dimensionally in space. Within a range of about 12cm,\n                    <jats:italic>G.petersii</jats:italic>\n                    can perceive the distance of objects. Depth perception is independent of object size, shape and material. The mechanism for distance determination through electrolocation involves calculating the ratio between two parameters (maximal slope and maximal amplitude) of the electrical image which each object projects onto the fish's skin. During active electrolocation, electric fishes cannot only locate objects in space but in addition can determine the three–dimensional shape of an object. Up to certain limits, objects are spontaneously categorized according to their shapes, but not according to their sizes or the materials of which they are made.\n                  </jats:p>","journal":"Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 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