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Experimental studies show that the acoustico-lateralis system of teleosts responds to mechanical stimuli within a wide range of amplitudes and frequencies, from angular accelerations detected by the ampullary organs of the semicircular canals, to acoustic stimuli detected by the otolithic organs (see Lowenstein 1971). Thus there is a degree of specialization between the sensory organs of the acoustico-lateralis system, although the otolithic organs respond both to linear accelerations and to acoustic stimuli (Lowenstein 1971) and the lateral-line canal organs also respond to sound sources in the near field, in addition to hydrodynamic stimuli (Harris & van Bergeijk 1962).
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Dale, T. (1980). Surface Morphology of the Acoustico-Lateralis Sensory Organs in Teleosts: Functional and Evolutionary Aspects. In: Ali, M.A. (eds) Environmental Physiology of Fishes. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 35. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3659-2_14
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