.... wrote the paper. Competing interests The authors declare no competing financial interests. 2 6 2014 26 8 2014 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Haemulidae Grunt Sonic mechanism Pharyngeal jaws Communication Exaptation A large number...

... Gobiidae sonic mechanism sonic muscle grunt tonal call Fishes have evolved the largest diversity of sound-generating mechanisms for acoustical communication among vertebrates ( Myrberg and Lugli, 2006 ). However, there exists no commonly accepted classification, mainly because various taxa...

... . * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 24 8 2010 © 2010. 2010 Chaetodontidae sound production sonic muscle electromyography EMG sonic mechanism hypaxial muscle Teleost fish have evolved a wide array of mechanisms for the production of sound in acoustic...

.... 125 , 225 -317. * Author for correspondence( [email protected] ) 30 7 2009 2009 Cichlidae sound production swimbladder sonic mechanism Some teleosts are well known to emit sounds during various behaviours, such as feeding competition ( Amorim and Hawkins,2005...

... © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 Carapidae sound production sonic muscle sonic mechanism swimbladder Many fish species have developed mechanisms allowing them to emit sounds for social communication ( Ladich and Fine,2006 ; Parmentier et al.,2006 ). Sounds are most...