Sound Production in the Clownfish
            <i>Amphiprion clarkii</i>

Parmentier, Éric; Colleye, Orphal; Fine, Michael L.; Frederich, Bruno; Vandewalle, Pierre; Herrel, Anthony

doi:10.1126/science.1139753

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“…Although it has been clearly shown that the c-md ligament was involved in the mechanism allowing the mouth to close in 2-4 ms (Olivier et al, 2015Parmentier et al, 2007), the absence of the B2 pattern in species lacking the c-md ligament, i.e. Abudefduf troschellii and Chromis chromis, confirms our previous findings.…”

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“…5, Table 3). The comparison of our data with specimen manipulations and X-ray videos (Parmentier et al, 2007) allowed us to infer that the fast relative separation between the tips of the hyoid apparatus and neurocranium quickly tightens the c-md ligament. Once tightened, the ligament allows a perfect synchronisation between hyoid apparatus and lower jaw movements (variable 6, Table 3).…”

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“…It was first highlighted that the "mechanism involving the cerato-mandibular ligament" (hereafter, c-md mechanism) is used during acoustic communication in damselfishes, the sound being produced by an oral-teeth collision (Colleye and Parmentier, 2012;Parmentier et al, 2007). It was later illustrated that the same mechanism is also used during feeding (Olivier et al, 2015.…”

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“…2c). High-speed video analyses revealed that the movements of the neurocranium and the hyoid apparatus are fast, which quickly tightens the ligament, ultimately allowing the fish to slam their mouth shut within 2-4 ms (Olivier et al, 2015Parmentier et al, 2007).…”

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a b s t r a c tThe cerato-mandibular (c-md) ligament, joining the hyoid bar to the coronoid process of the angular, allows Pomacentridae to slam their mouth shut in a few milliseconds. Previous works have revealed that such a mechanism is used to feed, but some variability in biting patterns has been observed between two damselfish species. The pelagic feeder Amphiprion clarkii performs two different kinematic patterns to bite fixed prey, one that does not depend on the c-md ligament (biting-1) and one that does (biting-2). The benthic feeder Stegastes rectifraenum only performs biting-2. The present study aims to shed light on the occurrence of biting-2 in the feeding behaviour of Pomacentridae. To test our hypothesis that biting-2 would be the only biting pattern for benthic feeders, we compared biting behaviours among four species: one pelagic feeder, A. clarkii, and three benthic feeders, Neoglyphidodon nigroris, Stegastes leucostictus and S. rectifraenum. Our results showed that the four species were able to perform biting-2, but they do not support that the use of this pattern is related to trophic habits. Contrary to S. rectifraenum, the two other benthic feeders randomly used biting-1 and biting-2 patterns, similar to A. clarkii. Two hypotheses are discussed for explaining this variability within Pomacentridae. Finally, it has been recently shown that some damselfishes do not possess the c-md ligament. We therefore included two species lacking the cmd ligament (Chromis chromis and Abudefduf troschelii) in our study and we demonstrate our expectation that they are unable to perform biting-2.

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“…Sound production in a species from the basal clade (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus) suggests that pomacentrids are derived from an ancestral taxon capable of sound production (Parmentier et al 2006). The mechanism of sound production could be a synapomorphy for the family (Parmentier et al 2007). Most of these sounds consist of trains of pulses.…”

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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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Sound Production in the Clownfish Amphiprion clarkii

Cited by 58 publications

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Insight into biting diversity to capture benthic prey in damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

Insight into biting diversity to capture benthic prey in damselfishes (Pomacentridae)

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

The Associations between Fishes and Anthozoans

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