Refuge Tracking in Weakly Electric Fish Across 54 Sensory Landscapes

This dataset contains raw behavioral tracking data from two species of weakly electric fish (Apteronotus albifrons and Eigenmannia virescens) performing a closed-loop refuge tracking task. The data captures the longitudinal position of the fish and the moving refuge across 54 unique sensory conditions, designed to modulate the signal-to-noise ratio (salience) of the environment. Experimental Subjects Total Subjects: 10 Individuals. Species 1: Apteronotus albifrons. N = 5 individuals. ID Labels: Ankara, Antalya, İstanbul, İzmir, Mersin Species 2: Eigenmannia virescens. N = 5 individuals. ID Labels: Amasra, Ardahan, Erzincan, Gaziantep, Samsun Each file is a standard Comma-Separated Values (.csv) file representing a single experimental trial. File Columns The files do not contain headers. The column arrangement is as follows: Column Variable Description Units 1 refuge_position The longitudinal position of the moving shuttle/refuge (r(t)). pixels 2 fish_position The longitudinal position of the fish (y(t)). pixels Export to Sheets Note on Time: Time stamps are not included in the columns to save space. Data was recorded at a fixed sampling rate. Sampling Rate: 25 Hz (frames per second). Experimental Conditions (The 54 Conditions) The dataset covers a full factorial design spanning 54 unique sensory landscapes (3×3×3×2=54). Variables: Illumination (3 Levels): Light: ~300–500 lux (High visual salience) Dim: ~20–50 lux Dark: 0 lux (IR illumination only; No visual salience) Conductivity (3 Levels): Low: <50 μS/cm (High electrosensory salience) Medium: ~300 μS/cm High: ~700 μS/cm (Low electrosensory salience/Jamming) Refuge Length (3 Levels): 7 cm 14 cm 21 cm Structure (2 Levels): Windowed: Refuge contains longitudinal slots (visual/electric edges). Non-windowed: Solid tube.