Potential sound production by a deep-sea fish

J Acoust Soc Am. 2004 May;115(5 Pt 1):2331-3. doi: 10.1121/1.1694992.

Abstract

Swimbladder sonic muscles of deep-sea fishes were described over 35 years ago. Until now, no recordings of probable deep-sea fish sounds have been published. A sound likely produced by a deep-sea fish has been isolated and localized from an analysis of acoustic recordings made at the AUTEC test range in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas, from four deep-sea hydrophones. This sound is typical of a fish sound in that it is pulsed and relatively low frequency (800-1000 Hz). Using time-of-arrival differences, the sound was localized to 548-696-m depth, where the bottom was 1620 m. The ability to localize this sound in real-time on the hydrophone range provides a great advantage for being able to identify the sound-producer using a remotely operated vehicle.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Air Sacs / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Fishes / physiology*
  • Sound Spectrography
  • Tape Recording
  • Vocalization, Animal / physiology*