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Researchers create portal of weird and wonderful fish sounds https://phys.org/news/2023-01-portal-weird-fish.html

#FishSounds Version 1.0: A website for the compilation of #fish sound production information and recordings https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1574954122004034

"#UnderwaterSounds are a vital part of marine, freshwater ecosystems, and now we know that almost 1,200 species of fish contribute their distinctive sounds. Fish are the largest group of sound-producing #vertebrates and have the greatest diversity of sound production mechanisms"

Researchers create portal of weird and wonderful fish sounds

Lurking beneath the ocean surface is a little-known chorus of sounds made up of everything from the grunts of a Bocon toadfish and the cough of an alewife to the rasp and ticks made by sablefish.

Phys.org
Jan 19, 2023 at 9:29pmWeb
Show threadllewellyJan 19, 2023
@animalculum
@KateShaw , you're into unusual animal sounds, you may find this interesting.
Show threadKate ShawJan 19, 2023
@llewelly @animalculum Thanks, that's fascinating!