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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
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 and Fernald (2010)
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Butler, J. M., Maruska, K. P. 2020. Underwater Noise Impairs Social Communication during Aggressive and Reproductive Encounters. Animal Behaviour, 164: 9-23.
Butler and Maruska (2020)
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).
Maruska et al. (2012)
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.
Nelissen (1978)
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.
Maruska and Butler (2021)
Hirata, N. R., Fernald, R. D. 1975. Non-intentional Sound Production in a Cichlid Fish (Haplochromis burtoni, Günther). Experientia, 31(3): 299-300.
Hirata and Fernald (1975)