Ultrasound detection in the Gulf menhaden requires gas-filled bullae and an intact lateral line

Wilson, Maria; Montie, Eric W.; Mann, Kenneth A.; Mann, David A.

doi:10.1242/jeb.033340

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“…Higgs et al (2004) found that the middle macula of the utricle (see Figure 5F) is more loosely connected to the rest of the utricle in the American shad A. sapidissima and presumably vibrates more compared with species that do not detect ultrasound. Wilson et al (2009) showed experimentally that the gas-filled bullae and their attachment to the lateral line are responsible for ultrasonic hearing in the Gulf menhaden B. patronus. The prootic bullae are positioned closer to the body surface in B. patronus.…”

Section: Osteoglossomorpha: Notopteridae (Knifefishes) and Clupeidae mentioning

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Diversity in Fish Auditory Systems: One of the Riddles of Sensory Biology

2016

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An astonishing diversity of inner ears and accessory hearing structures (AHS) that can enhance hearing has evolved in fishes. Inner ears mainly differ in the size of the otolith end organs, the shape and orientation of the sensory epithelia, and the orientation patterns of ciliary bundles of sensory hair cells. Despite our profound morphological knowledge of inner ear variation, two main questions remain widely unanswered. (i) What selective forces and/or constraints led to the evolution of this inner ear diversity? (ii) How is the morphological variability linked to hearing abilities? Improved hearing is mainly based on the ability of many fish species to transmit oscillations of swim bladder walls or other gas-filled bladders to the inner ears. Swim bladders may be linked to the inner ears via a chain of ossicles (in otophysans), anterior extensions (e.g., some cichlids, squirrelfishes), or the gas bladders may touch the inner ears directly (labyrinth fishes). Studies on catfishes and cichlids demonstrate that larger swim bladders and more pronounced linkages to the inner ears positively affect both auditory sensitivities and the detectable frequency range, but lack of a connection does not exclude hearing enhancement. This diversity of auditory structures and hearing abilities is one of the main riddles in fish bioacoustics research. Hearing enhancement might have evolved to facilitate intraspecific acoustic communication. A comparison of sound-producing species, however, indicates that acoustic communication is widespread in taxa lacking AHS. Eco-acoustical constraints are a more likely explanation for the diversity in fish hearing sensitivities. Low ambient noise levels may have facilitated the evolution of AHS, enabling fish to detect low-level abiotic noise and sounds from con-and heterosopecifics, including predators and prey. Aquatic habitats differ in ambient noise regimes, and preliminary data indicate that hearing sensitivities of fishes vary accordingly.

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Section: Osteoglossomorpha: Notopteridae (Knifefishes) and Clupeidae mentioning

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Diversity in Fish Auditory Systems: One of the Riddles of Sensory Biology

2016

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“…The association between special sensory epithelia and enhanced hearing is strengthened by observations in herrings and relatives (the clupeids), where the utricle is involved in hearing and provides a wide hearing bandwidth. In these species, unlike all other studied vertebrates, the utricular epithelium is highly derived and may, in fact, be associated with detection of ultrasound to over 180 kHz in one clupeid group, the Alosinae (Mann et al, 1997;Higgs et al, 2004 e although see Wilson et al (2009) for recent experiments that suggest that the lateral line system is involved in ultrasound detection).…”

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Rethinking sound detection by fishes

2011

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“…Wilson et al (2009) investigated in what way this accessory hearing structure contributes to sensitivity to ultrasound in the Gulf menhaden. Filling the gas-filled bullae with Ringer solution reduced the response of the auditory system to 40 kHz tone bursts measured by the AEP technique indicating that the air-filled bullae are necessary for ultrasonic hearing.…”

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Auditory evoked potential audiometry in fish.

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2011

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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A recent survey lists more than 100 papers utilizing the auditory evoked potential (AEP) recording technique for studying hearing in fishes. More than 95 % of these AEP-studies were published after Kenyon et al. introduced a non-invasive electrophysiological approach in 1998 allowing rapid evaluation of hearing and repeated testing of animals. First, our review compares AEP hearing thresholds to behaviorally gained thresholds. Second, baseline hearing abilities are described and compared in 111 fish species out of 51 families. Following this, studies investigating the functional significance of various accessory hearing structures (Weberian ossicles, swim bladder, otic bladders) by eliminating these morphological structures in various ways are dealt with. Furthermore, studies on the ontogenetic development of hearing are summarized. The AEP-technique was frequently used to study the effects of high sound/ noise levels on hearing in particular by measuring the temporary threshold shifts after exposure to various noise types (white noise, pure tones and anthropogenic noises). In addition, the hearing thresholds were determined in the presence of noise (white, ambient, ship noise) in several studies, a phenomenon termed masking. Various ecological (e.g., temperature, cave dwelling), genetic (e.g., albinism), methodical (e.g., ototoxic drugs, threshold criteria, speaker choice) and behavioral (e.g., dominance, reproductive status) factors potentially influencing hearing were investigated. Finally, the technique was successfully utilized to study acoustic communication by comparing hearing curves with sound spectra either under quiet conditions or in the presence of noise, by analyzing the temporal resolution ability of the auditory system and the detection of temporal, spectral and amplitude characteristics of conspecific vocalizations.

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Ultrasound detection in the Gulf menhaden requires gas-filled bullae and an intact lateral line

Cited by 28 publications

References 33 publications

Diversity in Fish Auditory Systems: One of the Riddles of Sensory Biology

Diversity in Fish Auditory Systems: One of the Riddles of Sensory Biology

Rethinking sound detection by fishes

Auditory evoked potential audiometry in fish.

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