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Soniferous fish produce sound actively or passively. Active or intentional sounds typically involve the use of specialized sonic organs or structures for hunting, feeding, courtship, mating, navigation and communicating. ^[1] The muscular vibration of the swim bladder is an example of a sonic organ used to produce sound in some soniferous fish species.^[2] Passive sounds are described as incidental or mechanical and are the result of fish interacting with their environment.^[1] Examples include substrate digging, swimming, chewing and bumping into objects. Therefore most fish are capable of producing passive sounds.^[1] These passive sounds can still serve a signal function, for example fish can be attracted to swimming and feeding passive sounds.^[1]

Soniferous fish species are well distributed taxonomically and are prevalent in all ocean basins.^[1] Currently there is approximately 1000 fish species known to actively make sounds.^[1] Soniferous fish species have been reported in every water type (including fresh and brackish), climate zone, and demersal/pelagic category.^[1] The tropical climate zone is reported to have the highest absolute actively soniferous species richness with over 900 active species and the lowest relative actively soniferous species richness (~3%).^[1] Whilst the polar climate has the lowest absolute species richness with fewer than 70 species and the highest relative actively soniferous species richness (~7%).^[1]

Fish Choruses

A fish chorus occurs when a one or many soniferous species aggregate and commence calling en masse.^[2] During these events the sounds of individuals are difficult or impossible to differentiate from the wider cacophony.^[2] These events can have feeding or reproductive functions. For example, they can mediate partner selection or synchronise gamete release.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Looby, Audrey; Cox, Kieran; Bravo, Santiago; Rountree, Rodney; Juanes, Francis; Reynolds, Laura K.; Martin, Charles W. (2022-06-01). "A quantitative inventory of global soniferous fish diversity". Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 32 (2): 581–595. Bibcode:2022RFBF...32..581L. doi:10.1007/s11160-022-09702-1. ISSN 1573-5184.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McCauley, Robert (2012). "Fish choruses from the Kimberley, seasonal and lunar links as determined by long term sea noise monitoring". Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Australia.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Looby, Audrey; Cox, Kieran; Bravo, Santiago; Rountree, Rodney; Juanes, Francis; Reynolds, Laura K.; Martin, Charles W. (2022-06-01). "A quantitative inventory of global soniferous fish diversity". Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 32 (2): 581–595. Bibcode:2022RFBF...32..581L. doi:10.1007/s11160-022-09702-1. ISSN 1573-5184.

[:1-2] McCauley, Robert (2012). "Fish choruses from the Kimberley, seasonal and lunar links as determined by long term sea noise monitoring". Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Australia.

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