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Mark Rosenstein, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Acanthuriformes
Family:
Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Hemitaurichthys
Species:
polylepis
Common:
Pyramid butterflyfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Western Central
Boyle, K. S. 2011. Proximate and Ultimate Aspects of Acoustic and Multimodal Communication in Butterflyfishes. PhD Dissertation, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Boyle, K. S., Dewan, A. K., Tricas, T. C. 2013. Fast Drum Strokes: Novel and Convergent Features of Sonic Muscle Ultrastructure, innervation, and Motor Neuron Organization in the Pyramid Butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis). Journal of Morphology, 274(4): 377-394.
Tricas, T. C., Boyle, K. S. 2014. Acoustic Behaviors in Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 511: 1-16.
Boyle, K. S., Tricas, T. C. 2010. Pulse Sound Generation, Anterior Swim Bladder Buckling and Associated Muscle Activity in the Pyramid Butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys polylepis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213(22): 3881-3893.