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Silex6, license: Public Domain, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Mochokidae
Subfamily:
Mochokinae
Genus:
Synodontis
Species:
eupterus
Common:
Featherfin squeaker
Climates:
Tropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Africa - Inland Waters
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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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.
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. 2012. Bioacoustic Variation of Swimbladder Disturbance Sounds in Neotropical Doradoid Catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae, Auchenipteridae): Potential Morphological Correlates. Current Zoology, 58(1): 171-188.