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Mark Rosenstein, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ophidiiformes
Family:
Carapidae
Subfamily:
Carapinae
Genus:
Encheliophis
Species:
homei
Common:
Silver pearlfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Western Central
Description
Sound Names: Beat; Drum; Knock
Citable References
Kaschner (2012)
Parmentier et al. (2003)
Vandewalle, P., Parmentier, E., Poulicek, M., Bussers, J.-C., Chardon, M. 1998. Distinctive Anatomical Features of the Branchial Basket in Four Carapidae Species (Ophidiiformi, Paracanthopterygii). European Journal of Morphology, 36(3): 153-164.
Vandewalle et al. (1998)
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Lagardère, J. P., Millot, S., Parmentier, E. 2005. Aspects of Sound Communication in the Pearlfish Carapus boraborensis and Carapus homei (Carapidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology, 303A(12): 1066-1074.
Lagardère et al. (2005)
Moulton, J. M. 1958. The Acoustical Behavior of Some Fishes in the Bimini Area. Biological Bulletin, 114(3): 357-374.
Moulton (1958)
Parmentier, E., Vandewalle, P., Lagardère, J. P. 2003. Sound-Producing Mechanisms and Recordings in Carapini Species (Teleostei, Pisces). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 189(4): 283-292.
Parmentier, E., Lagardère, J.-P., Chancerelle, Y., Dufrane, D., Eeckhaut, I. 2008. Variations in Sound-Producing Mechanism in the Pearifish Carapini (Carapidae). Journal of Zoology, 276(3): 266-275.
Parmentier et al. (2008)