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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Mochokidae
Subfamily:
Mochokinae
Genus:
Synodontis
Species:
angelicus
Common:
Angel squeaker
Climates:
Tropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Africa - Inland Waters
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J., Rice, A. N., Lobel, P. S. 2010. Differences in Pectoral Fin Spine Morphology between Vocal and Silent Clades of Catfishes (Order Siluriformes): Ecomorphological Implications. Current Zoology, 56(1): 73-89.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Kaatz, I. M. 1999. The Behavioral and Morphological Diversity of Acoustic Communication Systems in a Clade of Tropical Catfishes (Pisces: Siluriformes). PhD Dissertation, State University of New York.
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J. 2012. Bioacoustic Variation of Swimbladder Disturbance Sounds in Neotropical Doradoid Catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae, Auchenipteridae): Potential Morphological Correlates. Current Zoology, 58(1): 171-188.
Boyle, K. S., Colleye, O., Parmentier, E. 2014. Sound Production to Electric Discharge: Sonic Muscle Evolution in Progress in Synodontis spp. Catfishes (Mochokidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1791).