Sound Production in Codoma ornata (Girard) (Cyprinidae)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2003

Publication Title

Environmental Biology of Fishes

DOI

10.1023/A:1026067913329

ISSN

1573-5133

Abstract

Male Codoma ornata produce sounds associated with aggression and spawning activities during the breeding season. Females do not produce sounds. Males most often produced sounds associated with escalated displays of aggression, courtship and the spawning act. C. ornata spawn in crevices, but previously were reported to spawn as egg-clusterers in cavities. Structurally, sounds are low frequency, vary in duration according to context and are not harmonic. The mechanism of sound production is unknown.

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