The Production of Underwater Sound by the Northern Seahorse, Hippocampus hudsonius

Fish, Marie Poland

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“…In addition to swimbladder-based mechanisms, teleost sound production may be achieved by rubbing pectoral spines, snapping pectoral tendons, membrane 'drumming', or grinding pharyngeal teeth [Tower, 1908;Fish, 1953;Winn and Marshall, 1963;Salmon et al, 1968;Tavolga, 1971;Lanzing, 1974;Kratochvil, 1978;Schachner and Schaller, 1981]. In addition to swimbladder-based sound production, pimelodid catfish produce sounds by pectoral fin stridulation, and in gouramis (Anabantoidei), sound generation is achieved by the snapping of pectoral tendons.…”

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“…Clearly, this hypothesis requires further study in both non-acanthopterygiians and acanthopterygiians. Of particular interest are acanthopterygiians that use other skeletal-based sound production mechanisms, such as pharyngeal tooth grinding in cichlids (Cichlidae) and grunts (Haemulidae) [Burkenroad, 1930;Lanzing, 1974], vertebral grinding in seahorses (Syngnathidae) [Fish, 1953], and membrane drumming in triggerfish (Balistidae) [Salmon et al, 1968]. Also of interest are drums (Sciaenidae), that produce sounds with muscles that are not attached to the swimbladder, but are located within the body wall adjacent to the swimbladder [Schneider and Hasler, 1960;Hill et al, 1987].…”

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“…In many cases, sound production is generated by the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the swimbladder [Tower, 1908;Winn and Marshall, 1963]. Other mechanisms also exist, including membrane 'drumming' [Salmon et al, 1968], rubbing of pectoral spines [Schachner and Schaller, 1981], snapping of pectoral tendons [Kratochvil, 1978], and grinding of pharyngeal teeth [Burkenroad, 1930;Lanzing, 1974] or vertebrae [Fish, 1953;Tavolga, 1971]. The diversity of mechanisms and the apparent lack of phylogenetic patterns suggest that soundproduction has evolved independently in several groups, though it is likely that many of the sound producing structures are homologous in origin [Bass, 1989;Baker, 1991, 1997;Ladich and Bass, 1998].…”

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Sonic/Vocal Motor Pathways in Squirrelfish (Teleostei, Holocentridae)

Carlson

Bass²

2000

Brain Behav Evol

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Similar to many teleost fish, squirrelfish (family Holocentridae) produce vocalizations by the contraction of muscles that lead to vibration of the swimbladder. We used biotinylated compounds to identify the position and extent of vocal motor neurons in comparison to additional motor neuron groups, namely those of red and white dorsal epaxial muscle and opercular muscle that are located adjacent to or near the sonic muscle. The sonic motor nucleus (SMN) was located in the caudal medulla and rostral spinal cord in a ventrolateral position with dendrites extending dorsally in a dense bundle along the lateral edge of the medulla and axons exiting via ventral occipital nerve roots. Transneuronal transport of biocytin identified premotor neurons within the SMN and in the medially adjacent reticular formation that projected to the contralateral SMN and more rostrally to the octavolateralis efferent nucleus and nucleus praeeminentialis, suggesting interactions between vocal and octavolateralis systems as seen in other teleosts. Motor neurons innervating the red and white dorsal muscle formed a loose aggregate in the dorsal motor column, adjacent to the medial longitudinal fasciculus, sending fibers bilaterally throughout the spinal cord with axons exiting via ventral spinal nerve roots. Opercular motor neurons were located within the facial motor nucleus. The anatomical characteristics of the SMN of squirrelfish, a representative member of the order Beryciformes, are similar to those of representative members of the closely related order Scorpaeniformes, but diverge from the SMN of more distantly related orders of paracanthopterygiian and ostariophysan teleosts. These results therefore suggest a possible homology among the SMNs of acanthopterygiian fishes.

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Sonic/Vocal Motor Pathways in Squirrelfish (Teleostei, Holocentridae)

Carlson

Bass²

2000

Brain Behav Evol

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“…The latter includes rubbing of enhanced pectoral spines within a cleithral groove [catfishSchachner and Schaller, 1981] or on a 'drumming' membrane [triggerfish -Salmon et al, 1968] and snapping of enlarged pectoral tendons [gouramis - Kratochvil, 1978]. Stridulatory sounds may also be produced by other body parts including pharyngeal teeth [Lanzing, 1974] and neck vertebrae [Fish, 1953]. Swimbladder and pectoral girdle generated sounds are low frequency (N100 Hz) signals, while pectoral, stridulatory sounds typically have main frequencies in the 1-3 kHz range [Ladich and Fine, 1994;Ladich, 1997b].…”

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Sonic / Vocal Motor Pathways in Catfishes: Comparisons with Other Teleosts

Ladich

Bass

1998

Brain Behav Evol

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Among teleost fishes, representatives of several distantly related groups have sound-producing (sonic/vocal) muscles associated with the swimbladder or pectoral girdle/fin. Here, the diversity of vocal organs and central motor pathways in four families of catfish, order Siluriformes, is compared to that in families from two distantly related orders, the Scorpaeniformes and Batrachoidiformes. Several catfish families have two sonic mechanisms – a swimbladder vibration established by ‘drumming muscles’ that differ in origin and insertion between families, and a pectoral spine stridulatory apparatus. In ariids, mochokids and doradids, sonic swimbladder muscles originate at various cranial or postcranial elements and insert onto an ‘elastic spring’ that vibrates the swimbladder, while in pimelodids the muscles insert ventrally at the swimbladder. Sonic motoneurons are located along the midline, ventral to the fourth ventricle/central canal in doradids and mochokids but lateral to the medial longitudinal fasciculus in ariids; pimelodids have motoneurons in both locations. The axonal trajectory for the lateral motoneurons in pimelodids and ariids implies that they are a migrated, midline population of sonic motoneurons. Pectoral spine-associated motoneurons are located in the ventral motor column. Unlike catfishes, a diversity of sonic mechanisms in Scorpaeniformes is not associated with different positions for sonic motoneurons. Cottids (sculpin) lack a swimbladder but have sonic muscles that originate at the occipital cranium and insert at the pectoral girdle; sonic motoneurons are located within the ventral motor column. Some triglids have intrinsic swimbladder muscles, although ontogenetic data indicate a transient association with the pectoral girdle; sonic motoneurons are in the same location as in cottids. Among Batrachoidiformes, all known representatives have intrinsic swimbladder muscles that are never associated with the pectoral girdle and are innervated by midline sonic motoneurons. The results suggest two patterns of organization for sound-producing systems in teleost fishes: pectoral fin/girdle-associated muscles are innervated by sonic motoneurons positioned within the ventral motor column, adjacent to the ventral fasciculus; non-pectoral associated muscles are innervated by sonic motoneurons located on or close to the midline, adjacent to the medial longitudinal fasciculus.

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“…Sound production by the family Syngnathidae (pipefishes and seahorses) involves bony edges of the skull, particularly the supraoccipital-coronet articulation (Colson, Patek, Brainerd & Lewis, 1998;Fish & Mowbray, 1970;Fish, 1953;Fish, Kelsey & Mowbray, 1952). Seahorse sounds, described as loud clicks resembling the snapping of a finger against the thumb, have been recorded during introduction to new surroundings, courtship and spawning, and feeding (Colson et al, 1998;Bergert & Wainwright, 1997;Fish & Mowbray, 1970;Tarasov, 1963;Fish, 1954Fish, , 1953Gill, 1905). Behavioral observations revealed a positive correlation between sound production and feeding strikes in two seahorse species (Colson et al, 1998).…”

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Influence of estuarine hypoxia on feeding and sound production by two sympatric pipefish species (Syngnathidae)

Ripley

Foran

2007

Marine Environmental Research

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. Influence of estuarine hypoxia on feeding and sound production by two sympatric pipefish species (Syngnathidae). Marine Environmental Research, Elsevier, 2007, 63 (4) ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT2 AbstractThis research utilizes the acoustic behavior of two sympatric pipefish species to assess the impact of hypoxia on feeding. We collected northern, Syngnathus fuscus, and dusky pipefishes, Syngnathus floridae, from the relatively pristine Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, USAand audiovisually recorded behavior in the laboratory of fish held in normoxic (> 5 mg/L O 2 ) and hypoxic (2 and 1 mg/L O 2 ) conditions. Both species produced high frequency (~ 0.9 -1.4 kHz), short duration (3 -22 msec) clicks. Feeding strikes were significantly correlated with both wet weight of ingested food and click production. Thus, sound production serves as an accurate measure of feeding activity. In hypoxic conditions, reduced food intake corresponded with decreased sound production. Significant declines in both behaviors were evident after 1 day and continued as long as hypoxic conditions were maintained. Interspecific differences in sensitivity were detected. Specifically, S. floridae showed a tendency to perform head snaps at the surface.Syngnathus fuscus exhibited a breakdown in the coupling of sound production with food intake in 2 mg/L O 2 with clicks produced in other contexts, particularly choking and food expulsion.Reductions in feeding will ultimately impact growth, health, and eventually reproduction as resources are devoted to survival instead of gamete production and courtship. This work suggests acoustic monitoring of field sites with adverse environmental conditions may reflect changes in feeding behavior in addition to population dispersal.

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The Production of Underwater Sound by the Northern Seahorse, Hippocampus hudsonius

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Sonic/Vocal Motor Pathways in Squirrelfish (Teleostei, Holocentridae)

Sonic/Vocal Motor Pathways in Squirrelfish (Teleostei, Holocentridae)

Sonic / Vocal Motor Pathways in Catfishes: Comparisons with Other Teleosts

Influence of estuarine hypoxia on feeding and sound production by two sympatric pipefish species (Syngnathidae)

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