Chapter title |
Peripheral Hearing Structures in Fishes: Diversity and Sensitivity of Catfishes and Cichlids.
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Chapter number | 15 |
Book title |
Fish Hearing and Bioacoustics
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-21059-9_15 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-921058-2, 978-3-31-921059-9
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Authors |
Ladich, Friedrich, Friedrich Ladich |
Editors |
Joseph A. Sisneros |
Abstract |
Fishes have evolved an astonishing diversity of peripheral (accessory/ancillary) auditory structures to improve hearing based on their ability to transmit oscillations of gas bladder walls to the inner ears. So far it is unclear to what degree the size of the bladder and the linkage to the ear affect hearing in fishes. An interfamilial study in catfishes revealed that families which possess large, single swim bladders and one to four Weberian ossicles were more sensitive at higher frequencies (≥1 kHz) than families which have small, paired, and encapsulated bladders and one to two ossicles. An intrafamilial investigation in thorny catfishes (family Doradidae) revealed that small differences in bladder morphology did not affect hearing similarly. Members of the cichlid family possess an even larger variation in peripheral auditory structures than catfishes. The linkage between the swim bladder and ear can either be present via anterior extensions of the bladder or be completely absent (in contrast to catfishes). Representatives having large bladders with extensions had the best sensitivities. Cichlids lacking extensions had lower sensitivities above 0.3 kHz. Species with a vestigial swim bladder exhibited a smaller hearing bandwidth than those with larger swim bladder (maximum frequency: 0.7 kHz vs. 3 kHz). Catfishes and cichlids reveal that larger gas bladders and more pronounced connections between the swim bladder and the inner ear result in improved hearing at higher frequencies. The lack of a connection between a large bladder and the inner ear does not necessarily result in a smaller detectable frequency range. |
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