The Plainfin Midshipman

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11 жыл бұрын

Also referred to as our local "toad fish," the plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) are visiting the slough for breeding and juvenile growth. Adults usually live in depths of around 400m most of the year, but venture into shallow intertidal locations during spring and early summer for breeding. Males can produce a "hum" to attract females to their nesting site. These fish are to blame from past stories of "generator-like" noise complaints in Sausalito, CA.
The Plainfin Midshipman have hundreds of photophores along their body which are used to produce light for attracting prey as well as camouflage

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@andrewadams4795 Жыл бұрын

You have answered my search. I thought there was a problem with my boat. The hum was so noticeable inside the cabin, less so outside. I thought I was going nuts.

@b.p.879 3 ай бұрын

That must have been something to hear!

@merveilleuxetmagique 5 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you very much. Very informative and beautiful vid, this fish is wonderful!

@azurehue2248 Жыл бұрын

The editing is hysterical its like a twilight zone episode and then you snap zoomed into the fish

@K1NGCRA3 11 жыл бұрын

A bit dramatic voice perhaps, but very interesting! Thank you! KZfaq has enough clips of cats and people doing nonsense. This, was awesome :)

@jaxnean2663 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing documentary

@MrTylerStricker 8 ай бұрын

3:36 Run! The Midshipmen are coming!!

@sandejzack 7 жыл бұрын

you learn something new everyday

@zacharywilson7146 3 жыл бұрын

What a cool-ass fish!

@dmac3389 7 жыл бұрын

just amazing indeed, how very awesome

@SmokiWonKenobi 3 ай бұрын

I just thought of a five fish doowop group when you said they compete

@boomchannel3291 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Sammo212 10 жыл бұрын

I almost thought I was about to hear a dramatic reading of HP Lovecraft :D Great video though.

@realgrilledsushi 5 ай бұрын

Reminds me of fresh water marble gobbies

@benp3488 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I actually enjoy the voice haha

@TheWildWatchers7-Cali 4 жыл бұрын

Damn man you got that Jeremy Wayde type feel lol awesome video

@weaponisedautismresearchpr9668 4 жыл бұрын

These fish are a fascinating grab-bag of weird evolutionary traits. Move over Giant Oarfish, I got a new favourite teleost.

@anapozas328 2 жыл бұрын

When it talks about its habitat range, it should say Gulf of **California, Mexico (not Gulf of Mexico, that is in the Atlantic coast!)

@we.r.wine.bottles.im.at.work. 11 жыл бұрын

sweet!

@AdrianLopez-rr6cj 6 жыл бұрын

Ummm very informative, uh very plainfin, very fish, 10/10

@stingystangystanlystalin8776 7 жыл бұрын

Is the humming fish of lorax

@lambchoptheplant 6 жыл бұрын

Hi! Could I get permission to use a portion of this video for a web series about acoustical science mysteries? Thanks!

@AlluserAllusers 4 жыл бұрын

Do you happen to know this one: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdyjqNt5scWpiYU.html

@ziggyjuarez8544 Жыл бұрын

Howo he tastes?

@aeronicle 2 жыл бұрын

Long story but I heard this fuckin fish at a park in off campus class and thought It was a sign of the end of the world. Might not have been this fish there was a body of water nearby but there also was possibly a construction noise idk.

@taylormontgomery5255 6 жыл бұрын

What about type II males?

@jennifersaar1611 6 жыл бұрын

They don't hum. They're entire existence relies on stealth.

@THEHORSELOVER235 7 жыл бұрын

this is scary af

@DrMichaelMillerPhD 8 жыл бұрын

Is it True that This Story was A Cover for the Navy Building Underwater/Underground Tunnels in the San Francisco/Sausalito Bay Area? The Noise was Never Noticed over a Hundred Years Before the Complaints Mentioned in the Description And Never Heard Again Since That One Time... So the "D.U.M.B." Tunneling Is A Very Real Question, And Why The Deep Underground Military Bases Are Being Made All Over The USA. Answers Would be nice.

@rexpanter6618 7 жыл бұрын

I 100% THOUGHT it was a tunnel being drilled under the sand in Malibu . sounded louder than a diesel truck reving its engine. Low and behold I saw a male midshipem under a rock. thinking it was a lingcod I shot the fish with my speargun and stopped hearing the sound. still didn't realize it was the fish till I found out online these fish make that sound, LOL I was so sure it was something being drilled under the ocean floor. funny how powerful such a small uncoordinated little fish can make that sound

@DrMichaelMillerPhD 7 жыл бұрын

"Humming Toadfish" Mating call ... somethng like that - wildlife - go figure