... repertoire and whether vocal differentiation parallels auditory development in the Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus (Batrachoididae). This species exhibits a complex acoustic repertoire and is vocally active during early development. Vocalisations were recorded during social interactions for four...

... Summary: Muting experiments show that fish sounds are efficient territorial ‘keep-out’ signals, similar to bird song. Batrachoididae Halobatrachus didactylus ‘Keep-out’ signal Muting experiments Sound production Teleost fish Territorial behaviour An individual fish's probability...

.... ( 1998 ). Principles of Animal Communication . Sunderland : Sinauer Associates . Brantley R. K. , Bass A. H. ( 1994 ). Alternative male spawning tactics and acoustic signals in the plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus (Teleostei, Batrachoididae) . Ethology 96 , 213 - 232...

... toadfish ontogeny ammonia toxicity ornithine–urea cycle ornithine transcarbamylase Florida Bay Biscayne Bay Batrachoididae In most teleost fishes, waste nitrogen is excreted predominantly as ammonia, with trace amounts of urea produced by uricolysis or arginolysis( Wood, 1993 ; Walsh, 1998...