Table 1.

Summary of the main acoustic characteristics

	Pulse number	Pulse length (ms)	Pulse period (ms)	Call length (ms)
Neoniphon sammara Tulear	5 - 11	6.9 ± 0.1	10.9 ± 2.4	110 - 150
Neoniphon sammara Rangiroa	4 - 9	5.9 ± 0.1	8.5 ± 0.1	30 - 80
Sargocentron diadema	6 - 11	6.8 ± 2	14 ± 0.1	90 - 170
Myripristis violacea	6 - 11	6.8 ± 0.2	9 ± 0.1	40 - 110
Myripristis kuntee	4 - 9	4.2 ± 0.1	12.7 ± 0.1	40 - 110
Holocentrus rufus	4 - 6	4.1 ± 0.2	13.8 ± 0.3	45 - 80

Bold data: correlation with the fish size. These correlations were not tested in Holocentrus rufus.