Aspects of Sound Communication in Some Caribbean Reef Fishes (Eupomacentrus spec., Pisces: Pomacentridae)
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- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Brill in Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde
- Vol. 51 (1) , 70-80
- https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-05101004
Abstract
Four species of sympatric damselfishes (Eupomacentrus, Pomacentridae) from certain Florida reefs can be distinguished by certain sound characteristics used during courtship. Apparently the fish use these characteristics for species recognition. These characteristics involve the temporal structure of a sound, i.e. the length of the pulse interval, containing the necessary code for communication.Keywords
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