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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Doradidae
Subfamily:
Doradinae
Genus:
Platydoras
Species:
costatus
Common:
Raphael catfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Waters:
Freshwater
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Regions:
South America - Inland Waters
Ladich, F., Bass, A. H. 1998. Sonic/Vocal Motor Pathways in Catfishes: Comparisons with Other Teleosts. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 51(6): 315-330.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Kaatz, I. M. 1999. The Behavioral and Morphological Diversity of Acoustic Communication Systems in a Clade of Tropical Catfishes (Pisces: Siluriformes). PhD Dissertation, State University of New York.
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J. 2012. Bioacoustic Variation of Swimbladder Disturbance Sounds in Neotropical Doradoid Catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae, Auchenipteridae): Potential Morphological Correlates. Current Zoology, 58(1): 171-188.
Wysocki, L. E., Ladich, F. 2002. Can Fishes Resolve Temporal Characteristics of Sounds? New insights Using Auditory Brainstem Responses. Hearing Research, 169(1-2): 36-46.
Papes, S., Ladich, F. 2012. Effects of Temperature on Sound Production and Auditory Sensitivity in the Raphael Catfish Platydoras costatus. Bioacoustics, 21(1): 78-78.
Kaatz, I. M., Stewart, D. J., Rice, A. N., Lobel, P. S. 2010. Differences in Pectoral Fin Spine Morphology between Vocal and Silent Clades of Catfishes (Order Siluriformes): Ecomorphological Implications. Current Zoology, 56(1): 73-89.