Sounds

[Hao]

is it normal for my bichirs too make sounds like screeching sounds O_O idk which 1 did it i was walking upstairs and heard a screech i was like HOLY what was that,i got a senegal,ornate,weeksii,polli,buetti in the tank near the stairs which bichir do you think it is O_O im shocked

 

[T]

all of them! they all decided to synchronize and screech to tell you theyre hungry hahah

 

[Hao]

no seriously im freaken scared right now i thought it was sum burgler entering the house

 

[regalt]

I’ve read some place that they do make noises but im not sure which ones do im thinking male sens do but ive never heard any of mine make noises.

 

[Hao]

in beblondie's thread,sens,retropinnis,endli,ornate,pollis can make sounds,i have all them except retro and my endli is 3" the others are 10~13"

 

[beblondie]

SOUND PRODUCTION
P.senegalus and P.retropinnis were studied and found to make two distinct sounds.A thumping noise and a moan.
The mechanics are unclear at this time.
Thumps: Occured during close encounters by conspecifics one or both would raise their dorsal fins and emit thumps the sound energy was strongest between 100-200z with a maximum rate of 3 thumps per second and decreasing as one conspecific moved away from the other.
Moans could be heard even without technical equipment.As conspecifics swam rapidly away from eachother or were startled.
Also reported to makes the same sounds(but not studied) are P. endlicheri, P.palmas polli, and P. ornatipinnis
(Abstract in Icthyological notes: Copeia 1988 (4) pp. 1076-1077).

 

[Hao]

.. what does that mean?

 

[Cohazard]

It means you need to pay attention in school

 

[Hao]

LOL i do =D well sumtimes haha im busy daydreaming of arowanas and bichirs

 

[FlamingFury5]

the screech was probably someone getting raped outside your house,lol. unless one of the bichirs stuck it's head out of the water made some noise cuz people can't hear things under water