Electric fish as an object of fundamental research

The aim of this work is to show the role of research on electric fish and their role in fundamental problems' solvation. We are trying to involve additional specialists in our studies. Methods. We have developed a setup allowing simultaneous multielectrode registration and visualization of electric fields around fish, which is a novel tool in electric fish studies. Results. The article is a review. We tried to show the history of electric fish research and the peculiarities of the Russian school of electroecology.