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Comparative Hearing: Fish and Amphibians pp 155–217Cite as

Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways of Fish and Amphibians

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Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 11))

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The vertebrate inner ear is phylogenetically ancient. The inner ear of both extinct and extant species of the earliest vertebrates, the Agnatha (jawless fishes), has a variety of anatomical characteristics that were not retained in later vertebrates, and it is uncertain whether extant agnathans can hear (Popper and Fay, Chapter 3). This chapter describes the acoustic circuits of the three classes of jawed anamniotes: the Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish), the Osteichthyes (bony fish), and the Amphibia.

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Mccormick, C.A. (1999). Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways of Fish and Amphibians. In: Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) Comparative Hearing: Fish and Amphibians. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 11. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0533-3_5

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