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. 1969 Oct;64(2):552–556. doi: 10.1073/pnas.64.2.552

AUDITORY SENSITIVITY IN THE BULLHEAD CATFISH (Ictalurus nebulosis)*

Burton A Weiss 1,2,3,†, William F Strother 1,2,3,‡, George M Hartig 1,2,3,§
PMCID: PMC223379  PMID: 5261032

Abstract

The auditory sensitivity of 4 specimens of the bullhead catfish (Ictalurus nebulosis) was determined by shock-avoidance training in an aquatic shuttle box. The range of hearing extended from 100 to 4000 cycles per second, with the maximum sensitivity around 600 to 700 cycles per second.

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