Mechanism of Sound Production in the Sculpin

Barber, Saul B.; Mowbray, William H.

doi:10.1126/science.124.3214.219

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“…For example, the suspensorium fenestra (Fig.4A), the large radials (Fig.2A) and the dorso-ventral depressed body are unusual characters found in species of both families. Data from two different cottid species (Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus and Cottus gobio) support the hypothesis that sound production in Cottidae results from the contraction of muscles originating on the skull and inserting on the pectoral girdle (Barber and Mowbray, 1956;Ladich, 1989). Two different kinds of observation support the hypothesis the goby sounds result from the contraction of the levator pectoralis.…”

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“…Moreover, nodding movements were observed during sound production in different cottid species (Ladich, 1989;Ladich, 1990;Whang and Janssen, 1994). Although it has not been described in detail, the sound-producing mechanism in Cottidae involves the pectoral girdle (Barber and Mowbray, 1956;Ladich, 1989). Hypothesis 4 concerned a possible parallel between the cottid and gobiid mechanisms.…”

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“…In another group of mechanisms, sounds result from bone rubbing (Tavolga, 1971), vibration (Barber and Mowbray, 1956;Ladich, 1989;Fine et al, 1997;Parmentier et al, 2010a), teeth collision (Parmentier et al, 2007) or tendon plucking (Kratochvil, 1985). However, many mechanisms are still unexplained, even in wellstudied vocalizing taxa such as cobitids, cyprinids and gobiids.…”

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Sound production mechanism inGobius paganellus(Gobiidae)

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Boyle

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Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARYGobiidae, the largest fish family (>1500 species), has species from at least 10 genera that produce sounds for communication. Studies focused on goby sound production mechanisms have suggested that sounds are produced by the forcible ejection of water through small apertures in the opercles (hydrodynamic mechanism). The present study was a multidisciplinary investigation (morphology, muscle histology, high-speed video, sound analysis and electromyography) of the sound emission mechanism in Gobius paganellus, which produces both pulsed and tonal calls. Two populations were used, from Brittany and Venice. In the French population, sounds were accompanied by a suite of coordinated movements of the buccal, branchial and opercular regions. This was not the case in the Venetian population, and thus the direct role of head movements in sound production was rejected. The hydrodynamic mechanism hypothesis was also rejected in G. paganellus on the basis of sound oscillogram shape and because sounds are still produced after the opercles and hyohyoid muscles are cut. The use of both electromyography and electron microscopy showed that the levator pectoralis muscle, which originates on the skull and inserts on the dorsal tip of the cleithrum, is involved in sound production. We propose that the contraction of this muscle and associated vibration of the large radials is used to make sounds. In addition, we propose that different sound types (pulsed sounds and tonal calls) could occur because of differences in fish size.

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Sound production mechanism inGobius paganellus(Gobiidae)

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Boyle

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“…Examples include pectoral fin tendon plucking in a gourami (Osphronemidae) (Kratochvil, 1978), pectoral girdle vibration of sculpins (Cottidae) (Barber and Mowbray, 1956;Bass and Baker, 1991), drumming of the pectoral fins against the body in triggerfishes (Balistidae) (Moulton, 1958;Salmon et al, 1968) and stridulation of pharyngeal tooth plates in grunts (Haemulidae) (Burkenroad, 1930;Moulton, 1958). Recently, a functional morphology study documented the production of pulse sounds in the yellowtail clownfish (Amphiprion clarkii), which involves elevation and coincident lowering of the hyoid bar, and a unique ligament that closes the jaw following high-amplitude cranial elevation (Parmentier et al, 2007).…”

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Sound production in the longnose butterflyfishes (genusForcipiger): cranial kinematics, muscle activity and honest signals

Boyle

Tricas

2011

Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARYMany teleost fishes produce sounds for social communication with mechanisms that do not involve swim bladder musculature. Such sounds may reflect physical attributes of the sound-production mechanism, be constrained by body size and therefore control signal reliability during agonistic behaviors. We examined kinematics of the cranium, median fins and caudal peduncle during sound production in two territorial chaetodontid butterflyfish sister species: forcepsfish (Forcipiger flavissimus) and longnose butterflyfish (F. longirostris). During intraspecific agonistic encounters, both species emit a single pulse sound that precedes rapid cranial rotation at velocities and accelerations that exceed those of prey strikes by many ram-and suction-feeding fishes. Electromyography showed that onsets of activity for anterior epaxialis, sternohyoideus, A1 and A2 adductor mandibulae muscles and sound emission are coincident but precede cranial elevation. Observations indicate that sound production is driven by epaxial muscle contraction whereas a ventral linkage between the head and pectoral girdle is maintained by simultaneous activity from the adductor mandibulae and sternohyoideus. Thus, the girdle, ribs and rostral swim bladder are pulled anteriorly before the head is released and rotated dorsally. Predictions of the hypothesis that acoustic signals are indicators of body size and kinematic performance were confirmed. Variation in forcepsfish sound duration and sound pressure level is explained partly by cranial elevation velocity and epaxial electromyogram duration. Body size, however, explains most variation in duration and sound pressure level. These observed associations indicate that forcepsfish sounds may be accurate indicators of size and condition that are related to resource holding potential during social encounters. Supplementary material available online at

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“…Four types of sounds are produced by fish (Schwarz, 1985): hydrodynamic sounds produced by movement, sounds produced during feeding, sounds produced by stridulatory organs and sounds produced by resonating organs (usually the swimbladder and more rarely by the skull (Barber & Mowbray, 1956) ).…”

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The trophic ecology, functional morphology and phylogeny of the hemiramphidae (beloniformes)

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Mechanism of Sound Production in the Sculpin

Cited by 39 publications

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Sound production mechanism inGobius paganellus(Gobiidae)

Sound production mechanism inGobius paganellus(Gobiidae)

Sound production in the longnose butterflyfishes (genusForcipiger): cranial kinematics, muscle activity and honest signals

The trophic ecology, functional morphology and phylogeny of the hemiramphidae (beloniformes)

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