A clupeid fish can detect ultrasound

David A. Mann, Zhongmin Lu and Arthur N. Popper ()
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David A. Mann: University of Maryland
Zhongmin Lu: University of Maryland
Arthur N. Popper: University of Maryland

Nature, 1997, vol. 389, issue 6649, 341-341

Abstract: Abstract It has been suggested that most teleost fishes cannot detect sounds higher than 2 or 3 kHz (ref. 1). However, we report here that at least one species of clupeid fish (herrings and shads), the American shad (Alosa sapidissima), can detect sounds up to 180 kHz. We speculate that clupeids are able to detect the ultrasonic clicks of one of their major predators, echolocating cetaceans2.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/38636

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