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João Encarnação, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Gobiiformes
Family:
Gobiidae
Subfamily:
Gobionellinae
Genus:
Pomatoschistus
Species:
pictus
Common:
Painted goby
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northeast
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Description
Sound Name: Drum
Citable References
Amorim et al. (2013)
Amorim and Neves (2007)
Sound Name: Thump
Amorim, M. C. P., Pedroso, S. S., Bolgan, M., Jordão, J. M., Caiano, M., Fonseca, P. J. 2013. Painted Gobies Sing Their Quality Out Loud: Acoustic Rather Than Visual Signals Advertise Male Quality and Contribute to Mating Success. Functional Ecology, 27(2): 289-298.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Amorim, M. C. P., Neves, A. S. M. 2007. Acoustic Signalling during Courtship in the Painted Goby, Pomatoschistus pictus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87(4): 1017-1023.
Parmentier, E., Petrinisec, M., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2017. Sound-Production Mechanism in Pomatoschistus pictus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(23): 4374-4376.
de Jong, K., Amorim, M. C. P., Fonseca, P. J., Fox, C. J., Heubel, K. U. 2018. Noise Can Affect Acoustic Communication and Subsequent Spawning Success in Fish. Environmental Pollution, 237: 814-823.
Pedroso, S. S., Barber, I., Svensson, O., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2013. Courtship Sounds Advertise Species Identity and Male Quality in Sympatric Pomatoschistus spp. Gobies. PLoS ONE, 8(6).
Bolgan, M., Pedroso, S. S., Picciulin, M., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2013. Differential investment in Acoustic Communication during Social interactions in Two Closely-Related Sand Goby Species. Behaviour, 150(2): 133-152.
Amorim, M. C. P., da Ponte, A. N., Caiano, M., Pedroso, S. S., Pereira, R., Fonseca, P. J. 2013. Mate Preference in the Painted Goby: The influence of Visual and Acoustic Courtship Signals. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(21): 3996-4004.
de Jong, K., Amorim, M. C. P., Fonseca, P. J., Heubel, K. U. 2018. Noise Affects Multimodal Communication during Courtship in a Marine Fish. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6(113): 1-8.
de Jong, K., Amorim, M. C. P., Fonseca, P. J., Klein, A., Heubel, K. U. 2016. Noise Affects Acoustic Courtship Behavior Similarly in Two Species of Gobies. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 27(1).
Amorim, M. C. P., Neves, A. S. M. 2008. Male Painted Gobies (Pomatoschistus pictus) Vocalise to Defend Territories. Behaviour, 145(8): 1065-1083.
Pereira, R., Rismondo, S., Caiano, M., Pedroso, S. S., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2014. The Role of Agonistic Sounds in Male Nest Defence in the Painted Goby Pomatoschistus pictus. Ethology, 120(1): 53-63.
Vicente, J. R., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2015. Effects of Temperature on Sound Production in the Painted Goby Pomatoschistus pictus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 473: 1-6.