Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jan 3, 2024

California singing #fish's midbrain may serve as a model for how mammals control vocal expressions
https://phys.org/news/2024-01-california-fish-midbrain-mammals-vocal.html

#Midbrain node for context-specific vocalisation in fish https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43794-y

"#MidshipmanFish phrasing takes the form of grunts, growls and hums whenever the males seek mates or fend off foes... At low tides, people sitting along the shore report the steady, conversational hum of a male midshipman fish chorus."

California singing fish's midbrain may serve as a model for how mammals control vocal expressions

For talkative midshipman fish—sometimes called the "California singing fish"—the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning trains of sounds used in vocal communication.