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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Mochokidae
Subfamily:
Mochokinae
Genus:
Synodontis
Species:
nigriventris
Common:
Blotched upsidedown catfish
Climates:
Tropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Africa - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116624)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116625)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116626)
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).
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Kéver, L., Bass, A. H., Parmentier, E., Chagnaud, B. P. 2020. Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Acoustic and Weakly Electric Signaling in Synodontid Catfish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 528(15): 2602-2619.
Kéver, L., Parmentier, E., Bass, A. H., Chagnaud, B. P. 2021. Morphological Diversity of Acoustic and Electric Communication Systems of Mochokid Catfish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 529(8): 1787-1809.
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.
Ladich, F., Bass, A. H. 1996. Sonic/Vocal-Acousticolateralis Pathways in Teleost Fishes: A Transneuronal Biocytin Study in Mochokid Catfish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 374(4): 493-505.
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.
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.
Rosner, E., Chagnaud, B. P., Wullimann, M. F. 2020. Serotonin Systems in Three Socially Communicating Teleost Species, the Grunting Toadfish (Allenbatrachus grunniens), a South American Marine Catfish (Ariopsis seemanni), and the Upside-Down Catfish (Synodontis nigriventris). Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 104(101708).