Abstract
Mormyrid fish have a small gas bladder on each side of the head which abuts the sacculus. As von Frisch (1938) and Stipetic (1939) indicated, the gasbladder probably functions as a pressure to displacement transducer, allowing the fish to sense sound pressure waves. The close apposition to the gasbladder thus implies a hearing role for the sacculus inmormyrids. For most fish, behavioral studies also indicate a role in hearing for the sacculus, and in equilibrium for the utriculus and canals (Popper and Fay 1973).
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Bell, C.C. (1981). Some Central Connections of Medullary Octavolateral Centers in a Mormyrid Fish. In: Tavolga, W.N., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) Hearing and Sound Communication in Fishes. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7186-5_19
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