title: Acoustic communication: sound advice from piranhas.
abstract: An elegant new study has correlated the generation of sound patterns in the red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) with three distinct behaviours.
authors.affiliation: University of Zurich, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences; Neuroscience Center Zurich and Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. edda.kastenhuber@imls.uzh.ch
authors.forename: Edda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kastenhuber
authors.forename: Stephan C F
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Neuhauss
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000400:Air Sacs / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D060126:Characidae / Q000502:physiology*; D007568:Jaw / Q000502:physiology; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D013018:Sound Spectrography / Q000662:veterinary; D014828:Vocalization, Animal