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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Characiformes
Family:
Serrasalmidae
Subfamily:
Serrasalminae
Genus:
Pygocentrus
Species:
nattereri
Common:
Red piranha
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
Asia - Inland Waters
South America - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Name: Drum
Citable References
Raick et al. (2020)
Kastberger, G. 1981. Economy of Sound Production in Piranhas (Serrasalminae, Characidae): I. Functional Properties of Sonic Muscles. Zool. Jb. Physiol., 85: 113-125.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Ladich, F., Bass, A. H. 2005. Sonic Motor Pathways in Piranhas with a Reassessment of Phylogenetic Patterns of Sonic Mechanisms among Teleosts. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 66(3): 167-176.
Banse, M., Chagnaud, B. P., Huby, A., Parmentier, E., Kéver, L. 2021. Sound Production in Piranhas is Associated with Modifications of the Spinal Locomotor Pattern. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(9).
Raick, X., Huby, A., Kurchevski, G., Godinho, A. L., Parmentier, É. 2020. Use of Bioacoustics in Species Identification: Piranhas from Genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei: Serrasalmidae) as a Case Study. PLoS ONE, 15(10).
Onuki, A., Somiya, H. 2007. Innervation of Sonic Muscles in Teleosts: Occipital vs. Spinal Nerves. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 69(2): 132-141.
Markl, H. 1971. Schallerzeugung bei Piranhas (Serrasalminae, Characidae) [Sound Production in Piranhas (Serrasalminae, Characidae)]. Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie, 74(1): 39-56.
Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F. 2020. Potential for Use of Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Piranhas in the Pacaya–Samiria National Reserve in Peru. Freshwater Biology, 65(1): 55-65.
Millot, S., Parmentier, E. 2014. Development of the Ultrastructure of Sonic Muscles: A Kind of Neoteny? BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14(24).
Mélotte, G., Vigouroux, R., Michel, C., Parmentier, E. 2016. Interspecific Variation of Warning Calls in Piranhas: A Comparative Analysis. Scientific Reports, 6(36127).
Onuki, A., Ohmori, Y., Somiya, H. 2006. Spinal Nerve innervation to the Sonic Muscle and Sonic Motor Nucleus in Red Piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri (Characiformes, Ostariophysi). Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 67(2): 111-122.
Millot, S., Vandewalle, P., Parmentier, E. 2011. Sound Production in Red-Bellied Piranhas (Pygocentrus nattereri, Kner): An Acoustical, Behavioural and Morphofunctional Study. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214(21): 3613-3618.