Use of bioacoustics in species identification: Piranhas from genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei: Serrasalmidae) as a case study

Raick, Xavier; Huby, Alessia; Kurchevski, Gregório; Godinho, Alexandre Lima; Parmentier, Éric

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“…(2016). Although this size effect is quite low in comparison to other teleost species such as clown fishes, for example (Colleye et al ., 2009), the sounds produced by the different species of piranha are still affected by fish length (Mélotte et al ., 2016; Raick et al ., 2020; Rountree & Juanes, 2020). PAM studies need to take into account the size of the target specimens or to examine in more detail the acoustic features that are not correlated to size.…”

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“…Sounds of Paraná River basin specimens were recorded in a glass‐tank (108 l) with a hydrophone (HTI‐96‐Min, High Tech Inc., Long Beach, MS, USA; sensitivity –164.4 dB re 1 V μPa −1 ) connected to a TASCAM DR5 recorder (TEAC Corporation, Montebello, CA, USA), as described in Raick et al . (2020). Raw data from Amazon River basin specimens were taken from Rountree and Juanes (2020) and reanalysed to avoid bias.…”

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“…Sound features were averaged per specimen to avoid pseudoreplication. The following features were measured: the sound duration ( d , in ms), the number of peaks in a sound ( N , unitless), the period ( p , in ms), the duration of the energetic zone, i.e ., the continuous section of a sound with a maximum intensity of 3 dB less than the maximum intensity peak (Raick et al ., 2020) ( d EZ , in ms), the number of peaks in the energetic zone ( N EZ , unitless), the percentage of peaks from the energetic zone (%N EZ , unitless) and the period between peaks in the energetic zone ( p EZ , in ms). The frequential parameters were measured on the power spectra of the sounds: the fundamental frequency ( F 0 , in Hz), the frequency corresponding to the maximum intensity ( F AmpMax , in Hz), frequency quantiles ( F Q1 , F Q2 and F Q3 ) and the minimum frequency ( F min , in Hz), measured as the lower frequency value of the frequencies corresponding to a maximum intensity of 30 dB.…”

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“…Piranhas are endemic to the Neotropics and are widely distributed in all major river basins of South America (Ortí et al ., 1996). Within the taxa, Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus species produce low‐frequency harmonic sounds (Kastberger, 1981; Markl, 1971; Mélotte et al ., 2016, 2019; Raick et al ., 2020; Rountree & Juanes, 2020) that are thought to be species‐specific (Mélotte et al ., 2016; Raick et al ., 2020; Rountree & Juanes, 2020). Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858 is found in the Amazon, Paraná‐Paraguay‐Uruguay and Tocantins Rivers basins (Bignotto et al ., 2020; Jégu, 2003; Zaniboni et al ., 2004).…”

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Acoustic homogeneity in the piranha Serrasalmus maculatus

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Journal of Fish Biology

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Different studies suggest some social calls could be used in fish identification if their specificity is unambiguously assessed. Sounds of different populations of piranhas Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858 were recorded to determine their homogeneity between rivers inside a single basin (Araguari and Grande River, upper Paraná River basin) and between separated basins (Amazon and Paraná basins). All fish from the different populations produced sounds with similar acoustic features. Consequently, the populations were not discernible based on individual sound characteristics. This high homogeneity between sounds from different populations indicates their usefulness for conservation projects using passive acoustic monitoring in piranhas. Moreover, it supports the use of acoustic features as complementary key characteristics in taxonomic studies.

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Acoustic homogeneity in the piranha Serrasalmus maculatus

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“…Many species have evolved calls that are usually species‐specific (Borie et al ., 2019; Parmentier et al ., 2009; Raick et al ., 2018). These specific features were already used to discriminate species within Serrasalmidae (Mélotte et al ., 2016, 2019; Raick et al ., 2020; Rountree & Juanes, 2020). And, as many other carnivorous piranhas, S. marginatus also produces sounds (Mélotte et al ., 2016).…”

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Yellow‐eyed piranhas produce louder sounds than red‐eyed piranhas in an invasive population of Serrasalmus marginatus

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Huby

Kurchevski

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Journal of Fish Biology

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Serrasalmus marginatus is a piranha species native from the lower Paraná River basin and has been invasive in the upper Paraná River basin since the 1980s. In piranhas, sounds of different species have different features. The aim of this study was to investigate if the sounds produced by this species could be used to distinguish two morphotypes: red-and yellow-eyed S. marginatus from the Araguari River (upper Paraná River basin). All the temporal and frequency features of the sounds were equivalent in both groups of eye colour; it corresponds to the species-specific signature described for S. marginatus. Nonetheless, the amplitude features were all statistically different between red-and yellow-eyed piranhas. Yellow-eyed specimens produced louder sounds. In different fish species, colour change in eyes can be due to the absence or the presence of a dominant allele. It can also be involved in social rank or during reproduction. Different hormones and neuropeptides can modulate vocal features. It is hypothesized that a mutation or different hormonal concentrations could explain both sound amplitude and eye colour playing a role in animal communication in S. marginatus.

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Fish acoustic community structure in Neptune seagrass meadows across the Mediterranean basin

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Aquatic Conservation

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Sound production represents an integral part of social communication in many teleost fish; however, few studies have investigated the structure, organization and variability of fish sounds at the community level. Fish acoustic community structure was recorded simultaneously in three sites located along the Mediterranean basin within the endemic habitat of Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds. Acoustic diversity and species‐specific sound features were expected to differ between locations. We predicted that, in communities characterized by higher acoustic richness, fish species would specialize in their use of acoustic resources (i.e. realized acoustic niche compression), while the overall allocation of resources within the community signal space would expand. The fish acoustic communities inhabiting Posidonia beds were characterized by the same main contributors (the /Kwa/, Ophidion rochei and Sciaena umbra sound types). However, their relative occurrence, abundances and use of acoustic resources were site‐specific. Acoustic diversity differed between geographic locations. The range of spectral and temporal resources exploited by the fish acoustic community was wider in sites where acoustic richness was at its highest score. Ophidion rochei was highly specialized in its use of temporal resources where acoustic richness was higher, whilst S. umbra appeared less efficient in specializing the use of spectral and temporal resources. By showing that the same species can exploit different acoustic resources between locations, this study supports the concept of Acoustic Niche plasticity (i.e. plasticity of acoustic resources allocation within a species). The results suggest that the degree of acoustic niche plasticity might be determined by the species‐specific degree of sound‐producing system plasticity. In turn, different degrees of acoustic niche plasticity might determine different species‐specific levels of acoustic adaptability to changing biotic or environmental conditions.

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Use of bioacoustics in species identification: Piranhas from genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei: Serrasalmidae) as a case study

Cited by 15 publications

References 73 publications

Acoustic homogeneity in the piranha Serrasalmus maculatus

Acoustic homogeneity in the piranha Serrasalmus maculatus

Yellow‐eyed piranhas produce louder sounds than red‐eyed piranhas in an invasive population of Serrasalmus marginatus

Fish acoustic community structure in Neptune seagrass meadows across the Mediterranean basin

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