FISH living off the coast of
Western Australia sing their little
hearts out at dawn – just like
birds – researchers have found.
Seven fish choruses have been
identified by researchers from
Exeter University in the UK, with
recorded sounds ranging from
low grunting sounds made by
terpontids, a foghorn sound
made by the black jewfish to a
‘ba ba ba’ call from the batfish.
“We are only just beginning
to appreciate the complexity
involved and still have only
a crude idea of what is going
on in the undersea acoustic
environment,” said lead
researcher Robert McCauley to
stuff.co.nz.
