The aquatic environment is increasingly bombarded by a wide variety of noise pollutants
whose range and intensity are increasing with each passing decade. Yet, little is known …

Papers on sexual selection often highlight the incredible diversity of sexually selected traits
across animals. Yet, few studies have tried to explain why this diversity evolved. Animals use …

Dominance-based social hierarchies are common among teleost fishes. The rank of an
animal greatly affects its behaviour, physiology and development. The outcome of fights for …

Acoustic communication allows the exchange of information within specific contexts and
during specific behaviors. The blind, cave-adapted and the sighted, river-dwelling morphs of …

Highlights•Low-amplitude signalling is a common but understudied form of
communication.•These signals can be both structurally and functionally distinct from loud …

The literature on sound production behaviours in fish in the wild is quite sparse. In several
taxa, associations between different sound types and given behaviours have been reported …

Acoustic playback is a key method used to determine the behavioral significance of animal
sounds, including fishes. This study presents the first comparison of the acoustic quality of …

Background Sound production is widespread among fishes and accompanies many social
interactions. The literature reports twenty-nine cichlid species known to produce sounds …

Bioacoustics has become a key feature of cichlid behavioral studies over the last 20 years,
due in large part to new technologies and software. The hypothesis that some cichlid …

Pollution is one of the most relevant issues for the conservation of freshwater environments.
Fishes are the main group of organisms studied in aquatic toxicology, and their behaviours …