Sounds of male Lake Victoria cichlids vary within and between species and affect female mate preferences

Verzijden, Machteld N.; Heusden, Jasper van; Bouton, Niels; Witte, Frans; Cate, Carel ten; Slabbekoorn, Hans

doi:10.1093/beheco/arq018

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“…The sounds that fish produce are, in most cases, broadband signals with most energy <500 Hz. Distinct variation in spectral and temporal characteristics can be related to species [46,47], populations [48], and gender [49]. Furthermore, graded variation in pitch and duration can be correlated with size [47,50,51] or seasonal fluctuations in motivation [52].…”

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“…Distinct variation in spectral and temporal characteristics can be related to species [46,47], populations [48], and gender [49]. Furthermore, graded variation in pitch and duration can be correlated with size [47,50,51] or seasonal fluctuations in motivation [52]. Such acoustic variation means that sounds can serve as information carriers in acoustic communication among fish [43,44,53].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recent experimental evidence has unequivocally shown that sounds can modify mate choice decisions in fish. Female haplochromine cichlids (Pundamilia nyererei) provided with a choice between two males, matched in size and colour, preferred to interact with the male associated with playback of conspecific sounds [47]. An acoustic impact on sexual preferences was also inferred for Atlantic cod in which the male drumming muscle mass was correlated with mating success [64].…”

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“…Another consequence of masking could be that sexual signals are still detected, but that specific acoustic cues in the signals that are important for mate selection get lost. In fish, allometric correlations with acoustic features provide ample opportunity for female mate selection that targets male size [47,50,51]. Although no data are available yet on acoustic preferences of female fish for sounds of large males over sounds of small males, the phenomenon has been tested, confirmed and shown to be noise-level dependent in frogs [69,70].…”

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“…Sounds produced by males during courtship interactions for instance can affect the choice of female mate (Amorim et al, 2004;Danley et al, 2012;Phillips and Johnston, 2009;Verzijden et al, 2010). The production of sounds does not rely on the same kind of mechanism in all teleost fishes that have evolved a high diversity of sound producing mechanisms (Amorim, 2006;Ladich and Fine, 2006).…”

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New insights into the role of the pharyngeal jaw apparatus in the sound-producing mechanism of Haemulon flavolineatum (Haemulidae)

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Grunts are fish that are well known to vocalize, but how they produce their grunting sounds has not been clearly identified. In addition to characterizing acoustic signals and hearing in the French grunt Haemulon flavolineatum, the present study investigates the soundproduction mechanism of this species by means of high-speed X-ray videos and scanning electron microscopy of the pharyngeal jaw apparatus. Vocalizations consist of a series of stridulatory sounds: grunts lasting ~47 ms with a mean period of 155 ms and a dominant frequency of ~700 Hz. Auditory capacity was determined to range from 100 to 600 Hz, with greatest sensitivity at 300 Hz (105.0±11.8 dB re. 1 μPa). This suggests that hearing is not tuned exclusively to detect the sounds of conspecifics. High-speed X-ray videos revealed how pharyngeal jaws move during sound production. Traces of erosion on teeth in the fourth ceratobranchial arch suggest that they are also involved in sound production. The similarity of motor patterns of the upper and lower pharyngeal jaws between food processing and sound production indicates that calling is an exaptation of the foodprocessing mechanism.

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Freshwater ecoacoustics as a tool for continuous ecosystem monitoring

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Passive acoustic monitoring is gaining popularity in ecology as a practical and non‐invasive approach to surveying ecosystems. This technique is increasingly being used to monitor terrestrial systems, particularly bird populations, given that it can help to track temporal dynamics of populations and ecosystem health without the need for expensive resampling. We suggest that underwater acoustic monitoring presents a viable, non‐invasive, and largely unexplored approach to monitoring freshwater ecosystems, yielding information about three key ecological elements of aquatic environments – (1) fishes, (2) macroinvertebrates, and (3) physicochemical processes – as well as providing data on anthropogenic noise levels. We survey the literature on this approach, which is substantial but scattered across disciplines, and call for more cross‐disciplinary work on recording and analysis techniques. We also discuss technical issues and knowledge gaps, including background noise, spatiotemporal variation, and the need for centralized reference collection repositories. These challenges need to be overcome before the full potential of passive acoustics in dynamic detection of biophysical processes can be realized and used to inform conservation practitioners and managers.

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Sounds of male Lake Victoria cichlids vary within and between species and affect female mate preferences

Cited by 73 publications

References 61 publications

A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish

A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish

New insights into the role of the pharyngeal jaw apparatus in the sound-producing mechanism of Haemulon flavolineatum (Haemulidae)

Freshwater ecoacoustics as a tool for continuous ecosystem monitoring

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