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Bernard DUPONT, license: CC BY-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Siluridae
Genus:
Silurus
Species:
glanis
Common:
Wels catfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northeast
Africa - Inland Waters
Asia - Inland Waters
Europe - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Names: Bark; Thump
Citable References
Tiepelt (2005)
Kaschner (2012)
Sound Names: Knock; Thump
Tiepelt, H. 2005. Fish Sounds, Unpublished Data. FishBase SOUNDS Table.
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Protasov, V. R., Romanenko, E. V. 1962. [Sounds Emitted by Some Fish, and Their Signal Importance]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 41(10): 1516-1528.
Protasov and Romanenko (1962)
Dufossé, L. 1874. Recherches sur les Bruits et les Sons Expressifs Que Font Entendre les Poissons d’Europe et sur les Organes Producteurs de ces Phénomènes Acoustiques ainsi que sur les Appareils de L'Audition de Plusieurs de ces Animaux. Imprimerie de E. Martinet, Paris, France.
Dufosseé (1874)