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(Image: Russell D. Fernald and Sabrina S. Burmeister), license: CC BY 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Cichliformes
Family:
Cichlidae
Subfamily:
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus:
Astatotilapia
Species:
burtoni
Climates:
Tropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Africa - Inland Waters
Butler, J. M., Maruska, K. P. 2020. Underwater Noise Impairs Social Communication during Aggressive and Reproductive Encounters. Animal Behaviour, 164: 9-23.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Hirata, N. R., Fernald, R. D. 1975. Non-intentional Sound Production in a Cichlid Fish (Haplochromis burtoni, Günther). Experientia, 31(3): 299-300.
Maruska, K. P., Fernald, R. D. 2010. Steroid Receptor Expression in the Fish inner Ear Varies with Sex, Social Status, and Reproductive State. BMC Neuroscience, 11(58).
Maruska, K. P., Butler, J. M. 2021. Reproductive- and Social-State Plasticity of Multiple Sensory Systems in a Cichlid Fish. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(1): 249-268.
Nelissen, M. H. J. 1978. Sound Production by Some Tanganyikan Cichlid Fishes and a Hypothesis for the Evolution of Their Communication Mechanisms. Behaviour, 64(1-2): 137-147.
Maruska, K. P., Ung, U. S., Fernald, R. D. 2012. The African Cichlid Fish Astatotilapia burtoni Uses Acoustic Communication for Reproduction: Sound Production, Hearing, and Behavioral Significance. PLoS ONE, 7(5).