Fish represent the largest group of vocal vertebrates and include many species that rely on acoustic signals during social interactions, such as fights or mating. Because fish exhibit such diverse life history strategies and have simple vocal repertoires, they are excellent models to study acoustic communication amongst vertebrates. Although there are many fish species whose signals have been described there are still an overwhelming amount of sounds made by fish that have not yet been described. This is knowledge is required, for example, to monitor fish species and ecosystem health.
This internship topic aims to investigate the role of sounds in fish social interactions and how temperature and other factors influence sound production and mate choice. In addition, it aims to describe the diversity of fish sounds recorded in natural habitats.