Sounds Made by Eucinostomus gula
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Sound produced yes, active sound production
Type of sound produced scrapes, thumps & knocks
Sound production organ teeth & swim bladder
Sound mechanism stridulation of teeth, probably amplified by swim bladder
Behavioural context small scrapes when netted & handled, weak to loud thumps & scratchy knocks with electrical stimulation
Reference Fish, M.P. and W.H. Mowbray, 1970
Remark Genus characterized by expansion of second interhaemal to form a hollow cylinder into which the posterior end of the swim bladder fits. Recorded with bandpass filter: 75 -1200 Hz, recording amplified by 6 dB
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