Sound properties produced by white-edged rockfish ( Sebastes taczanowskii ) in relation to body and swim bladder size

Abstract

The sound properties produced by the white-edged rockfish (Sebastes taczanowskii Steindachner, 1880) were compared with the body size. We conducted a tank experiment to compare the sound properties with body length, which ranged from 12.4 to 19.8 cm. Sound production was composed of pulses with a duration of 0.010–0.022 s and a peak frequency of 400–1000 Hz. Peak frequency decreased with fish and swim bladder size and pulse duration. The relationship between sound properties and body size may be useful for estimating the body length of the target species by using passive acoustic monitoring.