An overview on the behavior and physiology of sound production in fish

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Seyed Narjes Tababaei ¹ , Mohammad Ali Nematollhi ²

1 - M.Sc. in Ecology of aquatic fisheries, Department of Natural Resources, Tehran University
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Tehran University

Received: 2013-04-13 Accepted : 2013-06-02 Published : 2013-06-22

Keywords: Sound, fish species, swim bladder, species conservation,

Abstract :

Many fish species are able to produce sounds to communicate with one another. The process of soundproduction is mostly related to swim bladder and the related musculature and skeletal systems. Thediversity of the sounds produced in fish species is dependent on the structures used for soundproduction and the goal of sound production. The wonderful ability of fish in sound production, can beknown and used in identification and conservation of the fish species and their spawning grounds

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