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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Doradidae
Subfamily:
Doradinae
Genus:
Platydoras
Species:
hancockii
Common:
Blue-eye catfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
South America - Inland Waters
Boyle, K. S., Riepe, S., Bolen, G., Parmentier, E. 2015. Variation in Swim Bladder Drumming Sounds from Three Doradid Catfish Species with Similar Sonic Morphologies. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(18): 2881-2891.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Dorn, E. 1976. Über den Feinbau von Trommelmuskeln bei Pimelodiden und Doradiden (Teleostei, Siluroidei) [On the Fine Structure of Drumming Muscles in Pimelodidae and Doradidae (Teleostei, Siluroidei)]. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 245-245.
van der Sleen, P., Lugo-Carvajal, A., Jansen, Z., Holmgren, M. 2020. Cats Singing in the Dark? Spawning Aggregations of Sound-Producing Fish in Amazonian Floodplain forests. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103(10): 1265-1267.
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., 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.