Sounds Made by Clupea harengus
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Sound produced yes,passive & active sound production
Type of sound produced swimming noise, knocks, thumps
Sound production organ swim bladder & pneumatic duct
Sound mechanism may be escape sounds (discharge of gas through pneumatic duct)
Behavioural context swimming & handling
Reference Fish, M.P. and W.H. Mowbray, 1970
Remark active sound production (knocks & thumps) only recorded during handling, recorded with bandpass filter: 30 -1200 Hz
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