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Table 3 Sound structure and acoustic properties of sounds produced by the 22 confi rmed
soniferous gobies, as documented in the literature (References as in Table 2 )
Species
Sound
structure
Type
Duration
(ms)
PF (Hz) PRR (Hz)
Body size
(max, cm)
1. Pomatoschistus
canestrinii
Pulsatile
2
600
140
37
5.5
2. P. minutus
Pulsatile
1
583
99
27
11.0
3. P. marmoratus
Pulsatile
1
694
125
26
8.0
4. P. pictus
Pulsatile
2
692
(drum)
83.2
42 (drum)
6.0
5. Knipowitschia
panizzae
Pulsatile
1
1019
187
38
5.5
6. K. punctatissima
Pulsatile
1
856
128
27
4.5
7. Padogobius
bonelli
Pulsatile,
Tonal,
Complex
3
600
165
35 (pulse)
165 (tonal)
8.6
8. P. nigricans
Tonal
1
261
89
76
12.5
9. Gobius
paganellus
Tonal,
Pulsatile
2
351
97
90
12.0
10. G. cobitis
Pulsatile
1
330
124
49
27.0
11. G. niger
Pulsatile
1
397
106
43
18.0
12. G. cruentatus
Pulsatile,
Tonal,
Complex
4
480
125
80 (drum)
15 (tonal)
18.0
13. Zosterisessor
ophiocephalus
Pulsatile
1
260
220
37
25.0
14. Proterorhinus
marmoratus
Tonal
1
263
100
100
11.5
15. Neogobius
melanostomus
Pulsatile
1
2270
180
6.5
24.6
16. Bathygobius
soporator
Pulsatile
1
225
150
Not
available
15.0
17. B. fuscus
Pulsatile
1
500
450
Not
available
12.0
18. B. curacao
Pulsatile
2
1000
200
11
7.5
19. Gobiosoma
bosc
Pulsatile
1
27 (single
pulse)
3000
30
6.0
20. Odontobutis
obscura
Pulsatile
1
240
400
40
12.0
21. Tridentiger
obscurus
Pulsatile
1
Not
available
100–500 Not
available
14.0
22. Periophthalmodon
septemradiatus
Complex,
Pulsatile
2
461
58 (single
pulse)
194
60 (pulse)
185 (tonal)
8 (pulse)
10.0
Duration indicates total duration of a train of pulses or a single tonal sound, unless otherwise indicated. The type column indicates the number of sound types recognised by the authors of the paper
(though sound type criteria are variable across studies). Note that recordings of Gobiosoma bosc ,
with the unusually high dominant frequency, were recorded under a high noise fl oor, masking low
frequency components under ~750 Hz. PF peak frequency, PRR pulse repetition rate
J.N. Zeyl et al.
Table 3 Sound structure and acoustic properties of sounds produced by the 22 confi rmed
soniferous gobies, as documented in the literature (References as in Table 2 )
Species
Sound
structure
Type
Duration
(ms)
PF (Hz) PRR (Hz)
Body size
(max, cm)
1. Pomatoschistus
canestrinii
Pulsatile
2
600
140
37
5.5
2. P. minutus
Pulsatile
1
583
99
27
11.0
3. P. marmoratus
Pulsatile
1
694
125
26
8.0
4. P. pictus
Pulsatile
2
692
(drum)
83.2
42 (drum)
6.0
5. Knipowitschia
panizzae
Pulsatile
1
1019
187
38
5.5
6. K. punctatissima
Pulsatile
1
856
128
27
4.5
7. Padogobius
bonelli
Pulsatile,
Tonal,
Complex
3
600
165
35 (pulse)
165 (tonal)
8.6
8. P. nigricans
Tonal
1
261
89
76
12.5
9. Gobius
paganellus
Tonal,
Pulsatile
2
351
97
90
12.0
10. G. cobitis
Pulsatile
1
330
124
49
27.0
11. G. niger
Pulsatile
1
397
106
43
18.0
12. G. cruentatus
Pulsatile,
Tonal,
Complex
4
480
125
80 (drum)
15 (tonal)
18.0
13. Zosterisessor
ophiocephalus
Pulsatile
1
260
220
37
25.0
14. Proterorhinus
marmoratus
Tonal
1
263
100
100
11.5
15. Neogobius
melanostomus
Pulsatile
1
2270
180
6.5
24.6
16. Bathygobius
soporator
Pulsatile
1
225
150
Not
available
15.0
17. B. fuscus
Pulsatile
1
500
450
Not
available
12.0
18. B. curacao
Pulsatile
2
1000
200
11
7.5
19. Gobiosoma
bosc
Pulsatile
1
27 (single
pulse)
3000
30
6.0
20. Odontobutis
obscura
Pulsatile
1
240
400
40
12.0
21. Tridentiger
obscurus
Pulsatile
1
Not
available
100–500 Not
available
14.0
22. Periophthalmodon
septemradiatus
Complex,
Pulsatile
2
461
58 (single
pulse)
194
60 (pulse)
185 (tonal)
8 (pulse)
10.0
Duration indicates total duration of a train of pulses or a single tonal sound, unless otherwise indicated. The type column indicates the number of sound types recognised by the authors of the paper
(though sound type criteria are variable across studies). Note that recordings of Gobiosoma bosc ,
with the unusually high dominant frequency, were recorded under a high noise fl oor, masking low
frequency components under ~750 Hz. PF peak frequency, PRR pulse repetition rate
J.N. Zeyl et al.