2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Describing and listing the sonic fishes of Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20580201
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	General fisheries
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	SOMIYA Hiroaki Nagoya University, 生命農学研究科, 研究員 (50147972)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	YAMAMOTO Naoyuki 名古屋大学, 生命農学研究科, 教授 (80256974) GOTO Maki 名古屋大学, 生命農学研究科, 教授 (80221985) YOSHINO Tetuo 琉球大学, 理学部, 准教授 (50117595)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	発音魚 / 発音筋 / 後頭神経 / 脊髄神経
Research Abstract	Twenty-three fish species were described newly as the sonic fishes in this research. They included pineconefish, four-spine sculpin, bigeyes (7 species), angelfishes (11 species), jarbua terapon, barred knifejaw and spotted knifejaw. Of these sonic fishes, pineconefish, four-spine sculpin, jarbua terapon, barred knifejaw and spotted knifejaw are sonic with an occipital sonic system. Priacanthid bigeyes and pomacanthid angelfishes produce sound with a spinal nerve sonic system. All of these fish species utilize either occipital or spinal nerve system, and no species was recognized that use both nerves to control the sonic muscles.

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