Porichthys notatus (Plainfin midshipman)

Legacy taxonomical classification: Actinopteri Batrachoidiformes Batrachoididae Porichthys notatus
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Plainfin midshipman


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spectrogram of <i>Porichthys notatus</i> (Plainfin midshipman) making the sound Hum
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spectrogram of <i>Porichthys notatus</i> (Plainfin midshipman) making the sound Growl; Grunt; Hum
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Goebrecht, G. K. E., Kowtoniuk, R. A., Kelly, B. G., Kittelberger, J. M. 2014. Sexually-Dimorphic Expression of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Immunoreactivity in the Brain of a Vocal Teleost Fish (Porichthys notatus). Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 56: 13-34.

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Bass, A. H., Horvath, B. J., Brothers, E. B. 1996. Nonsequential Developmental Trajectories Lead to Dimorphic Vocal Circuitry for Males with Alternative Reproductive Tactics. Journal of Neurobiology, 30(4): 493-504.

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Forlano, P. M., Sisneros, J. A. 2016. Neuroanatomical Evidence for Catecholamines as Modulators of Audition and Acoustic Behavior in a Vocal Teleost. Fish Hearing and Bioacoustics (J. A. Sisneros, ed.), 439-475. Springer, Cham, Switzerland.

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Lewis, M. K., Adhikari, B., Chen, V., Bass, A. H., Wang, K. 2002. Form and Function of Desmin Filaments in a Sound Producing Muscle from the Type I Male Midshipman Fish. Biophysical journal, 82(1): 401A-401A.

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Bass, A., Baker, R. 1988. Neurophysiological Correlates of Sex Differences in the Sonic Motor System of the Midshipman, Porichthys notatus. Biological Bulletin, 175(2): 314-314.

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Bass, A. H. 2002. Neural and Endocrine Regulation of Vocal-Acoustic Networks. Bioacoustics, 12(2-3): 246-249.

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Forlano, P. M., Marchaterre, M., Deitcher, D. L., Bass, A. H. 2010. Distribution of Androgen Receptor mRNA Expression in Vocal, Auditory, and Neuroendocrine Circuits in a Teleost Fish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518(4): 493-512.

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Goodson, J. L., Bass, A. H. 2000. Vasotocin innervation and Modulation of Vocal-Acoustic Circuitry in the Teleost Porichthys notatus. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 422(3): 363-379.

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Forlano, P. M., Kim, S. D., Krzyminska, Z. M., Sisneros, J. A. 2014. Catecholaminergic Connectivity to the inner Ear, Central Auditory, and Vocal Motor Circuitry in the Plainfin Midshipman Fish Porichthys notatus. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 522(13): 2887-2927.

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Arterbery, A. S., Deitcher, D. L., Bass, A. H. 2010. Corticosteroid Receptor Expression in a Teleost Fish That Displays Alternative Male Reproductive Tactics. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 165(1): 83-90.

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Brantley, R. K., Tseng, J., Bass, A. H. 1993. The Ontogeny of inter- and intrasexual Vocal Muscle Dimorphisms in a Sound-Producing Fish. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 42(6): 336-349.

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Forbes, J. G., Morris, H. D., Wang, K. 2006. Multimodal Imaging of the Sonic Organ of Porichthys notatus, the Singing Midshipman Fish. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 24(3): 321-331.

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Lindholm, M. M., Bass, A. H. 1993. Early Events in Myofibrillogenesis and innervation of Skeletal, Sound-Generating Muscle in a Teleost Fish. Journal of Morphology, 216(2): 225-239.

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Kittelberger, J. M., Bass, A. H. 2013. Vocal-Motor and Auditory Connectivity of the Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray in a Teleost Fish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 521(4): 791-812.

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Cullis-Suzuki, S. 2016. Singing Fish in an Ocean of Noise: Effects of Boat Noise on the Plainfin Midshipman (Porichthys notatus) in a Natural Ecosystem. Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, eds.), 171-179. Springer, New York, NY.

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Fluet, A., Bass, A. 1990. Sexual Dimorphisms in the Vocal Control System of a Teleost Fish: Ultrastructure of Neuromuscular Junctions. Brain Research, 531(1-2): 312-317.

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Seeley, L. H., Forlano, P. M., Seeley, A. H., Sisneros, J. A. 2019. Teaching Acoustics in an interdisciplinary Context with ‘Singing’ Fish. European Journal of Physics, 40(2).

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Brantley, R. K., Marchaterre, M. A., Bass, A. H. 1993. Androgen Effects on Vocal Muscle Structure in a Teleost Fish with inter- and intra-Sexual Dimorphism. Journal of Morphology, 216(3): 305-318.

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Bass, A. H., Marchaterre, M. A. 1989. Sound-Generating (Sonic) Motor System in a Teleost Fish (Porichthys notatus): Sexual Polymorphisms and General Synaptology of Sonic Motor Nucleus. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 286(2): 154-169.

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Ibara, R. M., Penny, L. T., Ebeling, A. W., van Dykhuizen, G., Cailliet, G. 1983. The Mating Call of the Plainfin Midshipman Fish, Porichthys notatus. Predators and Prey in Fishes, 205-212. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, The Hague, The Netherlands.

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Sattar, F., Cullis-Suzuki, S., Jin, F. 2016. Acoustic Analysis of Big Ocean Data to Monitor Fish Sounds. Ecological Informatics, 34: 102-107.

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Timothy, M., Forlano, P. M. 2020. Serotonin Distribution in the Brain of the Plainfin Midshipman: Substrates for Vocal-Acoustic Modulation and a Reevaluation of the Serotonergic System in Teleost Fishes. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 528(18): 3451-3478.

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Mohr, R. A. 2017. Neural Response Patterns to Social Acoustic Signals and the Role of the Sexually Dimorphic Swim Bladder in the Plainfin Midshipman Fish, Porichthys notatus. PhD Dissertation, Univeristy of Washington.

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Fish, M. P. 1948. Sonic Fishes of the Pacific. Office of Naval Research, Contract N6 ori-195, No. 2 TO 1, NR-083-003, Technical Report No. 2.

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Halliday, W. D., Pine, M. K., Bose, A. P. H., Balshine, S., Juanes, F. 2018. The Plainfin Midshipman's Soundscape at Two Sites around Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 603: 189-200.

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Weeg, M. S., Land, B. R., Bass, A. H. 2005. Vocal Pathways Modulate Efferent Neurons to the inner Ear and Lateral Line. Journal of Neuroscience, 25(25): 5967-5974.

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Forlano, P. M., Bass, A. H. 2005. Seasonal Plasticity of Brain Aromatase mRNA Expression in Glia: Divergence across Sex and Vocal Phenotypes. Journal of Neurobiology, 65(1): 37-49.

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Mohr, R. A., Whitchurch, E. A., Anderson, R. D., Forlano, P. M., Fay, R. R., Ketten, D. R., Cox, T. C., Sisneros, J. A. 2017. Intra- and intersexual Swim Bladder Dimorphisms in the Plainfin Midshipman Fish (Porichthys notatus): Implications of Swim Bladder Proximity to the inner Ear for Sound Pressure Detection. Journal of Morphology, 278(11): 1458-1468.

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Tripp, J. A., Feng, N. Y., Bass, A. H. 2021. To Hum or Not to Hum: Neural Transcriptome Signature of Male Courtship Vocalization in a Teleost Fish. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 20(6).

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Rubow, T. K., Bass, A. H. 2009. Reproductive and Diurnal Rhythms Regulate Vocal Motor Plasticity in a Teleost Fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(20): 3252-3262.

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Goodson, J. L., Evans, A. K., Bass, A. H. 2003. Putative Isotocin Distributions in Sonic Fish: Relation to Vasotocin and Vocal-Acoustic Circuitry. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 462(1): 1-14.

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Brantley, R. K., Bass, A. W. 1994. Alternative Male Spawning Tactics and Acoustic Signals in the Plainfin Midshipman Fish Porichthys notatus Girard (Teleostei, Batrachoididae). Ethology, 96(3): 213-232.

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Bass, A. H., McKibben, J. R. 2003. Neural Mechanisms and Behaviors for Acoustic Communication in Teleost Fish. Progress in Neurobiology, 69(1): 1-26.

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Ghahramani, Z. N. 2017. Distribution and Activation of Catecholaminergic Neurons in the Brain of Male Plainfin Midshipman Fish: Divergence in Behavior and Reproductive Phenotype. PhD Dissertation, City University of New York.

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Kittelberger, J. M., Land, B. R., Bass, A. H. 2006. Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray and Vocal Patterning in a Teleost Fish. Journal of Neurophysiology, 96(1): 71-85.

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Goodson, J. L., Bass, A. H. 2002. Vocal-Acoustic Circuitry and Descending Vocal Pathways in Teleost Fish: Convergence with Terrestrial Vertebrates Reveals Conserved Traits. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 448(3): 298-322.

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Albersheim-Carter, J., Blubaum, A., Ballagh, I. H., Missaghi, K., Siuda, E. R., McMurray, G., Bass, A. H., Dubuc, R., Kelley, D. B., Schmidt, M. F., Wilson, R. J. A., Gray, P. A. 2016. Testing the Evolutionary Conservation of Vocal Motoneurons in Vertebrates. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 224: 2-10.

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McIver, E. L., Marchaterre, M. A., Rice, A. N., Bass, A. H. 2014. Novel Underwater Soundscape: Acoustic Repertoire of Plainfin Midshipman Fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(13): 2377-2389.

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Cohen, M. J., Winn, H. E. 1967. Electrophysiological Observations on Hearing and Sound Production in Fish, Porichthys notatus. Journal of Experimental Zoology, 165(3): 355-370.

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Goodson, J. L., Bass, A. H. 2000. Rhythmic Midbrain-Evoked Vocalization Is inhibited by Vasoactive intestinal Polypeptide in the Teleost Porichthys notatus. Brain Research, 865(1): 107-111.

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Remage-Healey, L., Bass, A. H. 2010. Estradiol interacts with an Opioidergic Network to Achieve Rapid Modulation of a Vocal Pattern Generator. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 196(2): 137-146.

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Butler, J., Pagniello, C. M. L. S., Jaffe, J. S., Parnell, P. E., Širović, A. 2021. Diel and Seasonal Variability in Kelp forest Soundscapes off the Southern California Coast. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8(629643).

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Feng, N. Y., Bass, A. H. 2016. "Singing" Fish Rely on Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin for the Timing of Nocturnal Courtship Vocalization. Current Biology, 26(19): 2681-2689.

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Petersen, C. L., Timothy, M., Kim, D. S., Bhandiwad, A. A., Mohr, R. A., Sisneros, J. A., Forlano, P. M. 2013. Exposure to Advertisement Calls of Reproductive Competitors Activates Vocal-Acoustic and Catecholaminergic Neurons in the Plainfin Midshipman Fish, Porichthys notatus. PLoS ONE, 8(8).

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Chagnaud, B. P., Bass, A. H. 2013. Vocal Corollary Discharge Communicates Call Duration to Vertebrate Auditory System. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(48): 18775-18780.

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Ghahramani, Z. N., Timothy, M., Varughese, J., Sisneros, J. A., Forlano, P. M. 2018. Dopaminergic Neurons Are Preferentially Responsive to Advertisement Calls and Co-Active with Social Behavior Network Nuclei in Sneaker Male Midshipman Fish. Brain Research, 1701: 177-188.

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Brown, N. A., Halliday, W. D., Balshine, S., Juanes, F. 2021. Low-Amplitude Noise Elicits the Lombard Effect in Plainfin Midshipman Mating Vocalizations in the Wild. Animal Behaviour, 181: 29-39.

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Sisneros, J. A., Forlano, P. M., Knapp, R., Bass, A. H. 2004. Seasonal Variation of Steroid Hormone Levels in an intertidal-Nesting Fish, the Vocal Plainfin Midshipman. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 136(1): 101-116.

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Lee, J. S. F., Bass, A. H. 2005. Differential Effects of 11-Ketotestosterone on Dimorphic Traits in a Teleost with Alternative Male Reproductive Morphs. Hormones and Behavior, 47(5): 523-531.

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Fergus, D. J., Bass, A. H. 2013. Localization and Divergent Profiles of Estrogen Receptors and Aromatase in the Vocal and Auditory Networks of a Fish with Alternative Mating Tactics. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 521(12): 2850-2869.

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Ghahramani, Z. N., Timothy, M., Kaur, G., Gorbonosov, M., Chernenko, A., Forlano, P. M. 2015. Catecholaminergic Fiber innervation of the Vocal Motor System Is intrasexually Dimorphic in a Teleost with Alternative Reproductive Tactics. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 86(2): 131-144.

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McKibben, J. R., Bass, A. H. 1998. Behavioral Assessment of Acoustic Parameters Relevant to Signal Recognition and Preference in a Vocal Fish. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104(6): 3520-3533.

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Feng, N. Y., Marchaterre, M. A., Bass, A. H. 2019. Melatonin Receptor Expression in Vocal, Auditory, and Neuroendocrine Centers of a Highly Vocal Fish, the Plainfin Midshipman (Porichthys notatus). Journal of Comparative Neurology, 527(8): 1362-1377.

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Bass, A. H., Marchaterre, M. A., Baker, R. 1994. Vocal-Acoustic Pathways in a Teleost Fish. Journal of Neuroscience, 14(7): 4025-4039.

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Greene, C. W. 1924. Physiological Reactions and Structure of the Vocal Apparatus of the California Singing Fish, Porichthys notatus. American Journal of Physiology, 70(3): 496-499.

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Feng, N. Y., Fergus, D. J., Bass, A. H. 2015. Neural Transcriptome Reveals Molecular Mechanisms for Temporal Control of Vocalization across Multiple Timescales. BMC Genomics, 16(408).

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Bass, A. H., Bodnar, D. A., Marchaterre, M. A. 2000. Midbrain Acoustic Circuitry in a Vocalizing Fish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 419(4): 505-531.

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Mohr, R. A., Chang, Y., Bhandiwad, A. A., Forlano, P. M., Sisneros, J. 2018. Brain Activation Patterns in Response to Conspecific and Heterospecific Social Acoustic Signals in Female Plainfin Midshipman Fish, Porichthys notatus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 91(1): 31-44.

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Perelmuter, Jonathan T. 2019. Structure and Function of Dopamine in the inner Ear and Auditory Efferent System of a Vocal Fish. PhD Dissertation, City University of New York.

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Bass, A., Andersen, K. 1991. Inter- and intrasexual Dimorphisms in the Vocal Control System of a Teleost Fish: Motor Axon Number and Size. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 37(4): 204-214.

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