Studies on the response of presettling fish to sound

Abstract

The current state of our knowledge on the hearing capacities of the presettling fish is still too meager. This experiment is meant to understand better the response to sound by the presettling fishes. This study was carried out to observe the response of presettling fish to the different sounds from the marine environment and non-natural sounds in an acoustic tank. This study will serve as a basis for the generation of ideas on the course of future research. Particularly may be useful in fisheries management. In this study, the recorded sound used was the coral during the day, night, rocky shore and boat engine. The sounds were then tested one at a time on the three groups of presettling fish which are the Amphiprionae, Gobiidae and Serranidae