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Correlation between auditory sensitivity and vocalization in anabantoid fishes

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TitelCorrelation between auditory sensitivity and vocalization in anabantoid fishes
MedientypJournal Article
Jahr der Veröffentlichung1998
AutorenLadich, F., and H. Y. Yan
JournalJournal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
Volume182
Startseite737
Zusammenfassung

Macropodus ocellatus ist in der Lage Töne bis zu einer Frequenz von 5KHz wahrzunehmen.
Dies qualifiziert sie als Hörspezialisten! unter den Fischen.
"The association between high-pitched sounds and hearing may be caused by the suprabranchial air-breathing chamber, which, lying close to the hearing and sonic organs, enhances both sound perception and emission at its resonant frequency"
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