Cichlid fish: How does the swim bladder affect hearing?
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 08:01
in Biology & Nature
In bony fish the swim bladder primarily serves for buoyancy Moreover, in many species it also possesses acoustic functions: it plays a role in sound production and improves hearing in numerous ways. Biologists around Friedrich Ladich from the University of Vienna investigated for the first time differences in the the morphology of the swim bladder in cichlid fishes and how it affects their hearing. Results were published in the renowned journal PLOS ONE.