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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Mochokidae
Subfamily:
Mochokinae
Genus:
Synodontis
Species:
schoutedeni
Climates:
Tropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Africa - Inland Waters
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.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Heyd, A., Pfeiffer, W. 2000. Über die Lauterzeugung der Welse (Siluroidei, Ostariophysi, Teleostei) und ihren Zusammenhang mit der Phylogenie und der Schreckreaktion [Sound Production in Catfish (Siluroidei, Ostariophysi, Teleostei) and Its Relationship to Phylogeny and Fright Reaction]. Revue Suisse De Zoologie, 107(1): 165-211.
Hagedorn, M., Womble, M., Finger, T. E. 1990. Synodontid Catfish: A New Group of Weakly Electric Fish. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 35(5): 268-277.
Lechner, W., Wysocki, L. E., Ladich, F. 2010. Ontogenetic Development of Auditory Sensitivity and Sound Production in the Squeaker Catfish Synodontis schoutedeni. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8(10).
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.
Lechner, W., Ladich, F. 2012. Ontogenetic Development of Auditory Sensitivity and Sound Production in the Squeaker Synodontis schoutedeni, an African Mochokid Catfish. Bioacoustics, 21(1): 43-43.