Aaron N. Rice, Ph.D.

Sounds from a Fish with Two Swimbladders

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:30:37 -0400

For the past year, I have been studying the sounds and swimbladder morphology of the three-spined toadfish (Batrachomoeus trispinosus) from the western Pacific. These fish produce sounds during behaviors similar to other studied toadfish, but their sounds are quite different compared to other members of the family. Surprisingly, these fish have a swimbladder that is divided into two separate ha

Fish sounds discussed in New York Times

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:26:09 -0400

An article about fish sounds appeared in Tuesday’s Science Times section of the New York Times. The piece talks about the different types of fish that are known to produce sounds, and I am featured in a short video supplementary to the article. The article, “What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish” by Nonny de la Peña can be found here (the streaming video is on the same pa

Divergence of Feeding Behaviors in Wrasses

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:05:24 -0400

My paper on coordinated feeding mechanics in Tautoga onitis has now been published in Marine Biology. This paper examines the coordination profile of the tautog, but more importantly, quantitatively compares patterns of jaw, fin, and eye movement of tautog to cheiline wrasses and parrotfishes for the first evolutionary examination of how coordination patterns change with respect to different feed