Sound production by males of a coral reef fish (Pomacentrus partitus): its significance to females

Myrberg, Arthur A.; Mohler, M. T.; Català, J.

doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(86)80077-x

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“…On the other hand, Dascyllus aruanus males start the signal jump when exposed to other males in bottles (Holzberg 1973;Kenyon 1994), narrowing the line between courtship and chase behaviours. In Pomacentrus partitus, these sounds are also produced by males in their own territories either as an advertisement to females (Myrberg et al 1986) or as ''territorial keepout'' signals (Myrberg 1997). The best way to address the difference in the wild would be to refer to the colour pattern of the fish.…”

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Diversity and complexity in the acoustic behaviour of Dacyllus flavicaudus (Pomacentridae)

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Synchronous underwater audio-video recordings and a passive acoustic detector were used to study the behaviour of Dascyllus flavicaudus. These damselfish produced sounds during six different behaviours and showed three different colour patterns while doing so. These sounds can be grouped into three classes: sounds associated with (1) fighting; (2) mating/visiting and (3) chasing and signal jumps. Moreover, the evolution of the different kinds of sound is discussed: the first calls could be a single pulse originating in teeth snapping. Modifications in the rhythm and number of pulses allowed the fish to build new messages. Daily recordings showed that sound production rates were higher at sunrise and sunset than during the day and that no sound was produced during the night. However, the kinds of call were different: sunrise sounds seemed mainly associated with mating/visiting, whereas the sounds associated with chasing and to signal jumps were mainly found at sunset.

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Diversity and complexity in the acoustic behaviour of Dacyllus flavicaudus (Pomacentridae)

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“…However, the most common context in which fish are known to produce sounds is in spawning aggregations [58,59] and courtship interactions [60,61]. Although often not explicitly demonstrated, sounds could serve in aggregating reproductive groups, in which they may contribute to synchronization of male and female gamete release [62].…”

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A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish

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“…Successful playback experiments were seldom carried out in the field. Myrberg et al (1986) showed that female bicolor damselfish Stegastes partitus (see Figure 12D) were attracted to speakers playing back male chirp sound over distances of maximally 10 meters. However, communication distances in fish are usually much shorter.…”

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Diversity in Fish Auditory Systems: One of the Riddles of Sensory Biology

2016

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An astonishing diversity of inner ears and accessory hearing structures (AHS) that can enhance hearing has evolved in fishes. Inner ears mainly differ in the size of the otolith end organs, the shape and orientation of the sensory epithelia, and the orientation patterns of ciliary bundles of sensory hair cells. Despite our profound morphological knowledge of inner ear variation, two main questions remain widely unanswered. (i) What selective forces and/or constraints led to the evolution of this inner ear diversity? (ii) How is the morphological variability linked to hearing abilities? Improved hearing is mainly based on the ability of many fish species to transmit oscillations of swim bladder walls or other gas-filled bladders to the inner ears. Swim bladders may be linked to the inner ears via a chain of ossicles (in otophysans), anterior extensions (e.g., some cichlids, squirrelfishes), or the gas bladders may touch the inner ears directly (labyrinth fishes). Studies on catfishes and cichlids demonstrate that larger swim bladders and more pronounced linkages to the inner ears positively affect both auditory sensitivities and the detectable frequency range, but lack of a connection does not exclude hearing enhancement. This diversity of auditory structures and hearing abilities is one of the main riddles in fish bioacoustics research. Hearing enhancement might have evolved to facilitate intraspecific acoustic communication. A comparison of sound-producing species, however, indicates that acoustic communication is widespread in taxa lacking AHS. Eco-acoustical constraints are a more likely explanation for the diversity in fish hearing sensitivities. Low ambient noise levels may have facilitated the evolution of AHS, enabling fish to detect low-level abiotic noise and sounds from con-and heterosopecifics, including predators and prey. Aquatic habitats differ in ambient noise regimes, and preliminary data indicate that hearing sensitivities of fishes vary accordingly.

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Sound production by males of a coral reef fish (Pomacentrus partitus): its significance to females

Cited by 191 publications

References 36 publications

Diversity and complexity in the acoustic behaviour of Dacyllus flavicaudus (Pomacentridae)

Diversity and complexity in the acoustic behaviour of Dacyllus flavicaudus (Pomacentridae)

A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish

Diversity in Fish Auditory Systems: One of the Riddles of Sensory Biology

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