Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Evolution of acoustic communication in blind cavefish

  • Carole Hyacinthe,
  • Joël Attia,
  • Sylvie Rétaux

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12078-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The fish Astyanax mexicanus has divergent cave and river-dwelling eco-morphotypes. Here, Hyacinthe et al. show that cave and river fish communicate sonically, but that the sounds produced and the responses elicited in the two morphs depend differently on the social and behavioral context.