. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. SECONDS FIGURE 1. The pectoral fin-drum of Balistes vetula in air. FIGURE 2. The pectoral fin-drum of Mclichthys piccus in air. SOUND PRODUCTION AND BEHAVIOR OF BIMINI FISHES In the following account, each family of which sound-producing representatives were studied at Bimini, is dealt with from the points of view of the sounds pro- duced and the correlated behavior. Initial references are to earlier descriptions dealing with sound production in the families concerned. Balistidae (Bridge, 1910, pp. 357, 361; Fish, 1948, pp.
. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. SECONDS FIGURE 1. The pectoral fin-drum of Balistes vetula in air. FIGURE 2. The pectoral fin-drum of Mclichthys piccus in air. SOUND PRODUCTION AND BEHAVIOR OF BIMINI FISHES In the following account, each family of which sound-producing representatives were studied at Bimini, is dealt with from the points of view of the sounds pro- duced and the correlated behavior. Initial references are to earlier descriptions dealing with sound production in the families concerned. Balistidae (Bridge, 1910, pp. 357, 361; Fish, 1948, pp. 15-19, 1954, pp. 62-65; Schultz and Stern, 1948, p. 132). The queen triggerfish, Balistes vctitla L., and the black triggerfish, Melichthys piccus (Poey), each possesses above the base of the pectoral fin a thin membrane lying lateral to the air bladder and covered by scales larger and more plate-like than those elsewhere on the body (Figs. 3, 4), a characteristic of these genera of the Balistidae (Evermann and Marsh, 1900). Males and females removed from the water and handled, frequently elevated and rapidly fluttered the pectoral fins against this region, as described by Schultz and Stern (1948), resulting in the production of a throbbing sound (Table II; Figs. 1, 2). Bridge (1910, p. 357) attributes a throbbing sound primarily to move- ments of the pectoral girdle. .;'#|3^:%,. FIGURE 3. Outline of M. piccus showing (a) position of drumming membrane posterior to the gill opening. X 3. FIGURE 4. Detail of the drumming membrane of M. piccus. X Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass. ); Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass. ). Annual report 1907/08-1952; Lillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947; Moore, Carl Richard, 1892-; Redfield, Alfred Claren
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