The Plainfin Midshipman
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2012
- 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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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.
That must have been something to hear!
The editing is hysterical its like a twilight zone episode and then you snap zoomed into the fish
Very cool. Never knew about these fish until today, it’s interesting to see more information about a deep sea fish since it’s otherwise hard to get an up close look at their lifecycle and adaptations otherwise
Awesome, thank you very much. Very informative and beautiful vid, this fish is wonderful!
A bit dramatic voice perhaps, but very interesting! Thank you! RUclips has enough clips of cats and people doing nonsense. This, was awesome :)
Amazing documentary
you learn something new everyday
just amazing indeed, how very awesome
What a cool-ass fish!
Thanks
I almost thought I was about to hear a dramatic reading of HP Lovecraft :D Great video though.
Thanks for sharing! I actually enjoy the voice haha
Damn man you got that Jeremy Wayde type feel lol awesome video
These fish are a fascinating grab-bag of weird evolutionary traits.
Move over Giant Oarfish, I got a new favourite teleost.
I just thought of a five fish doowop group when you said they compete
3:36 Run! The Midshipmen are coming!!
sweet!
Reminds me of fresh water marble gobbies
When it talks about its habitat range, it should say Gulf of **California, Mexico (not Gulf of Mexico, that is in the Atlantic coast!)
Is the humming fish of lorax
Ummm very informative, uh very plainfin, very fish, 10/10
Howo he tastes?
Hi! Could I get permission to use a portion of this video for a web series about acoustical science mysteries? Thanks!
Do you happen to know this one: ruclips.net/video/GvsuxHL_EYQ/видео.html
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.
What about type II males?
They don't hum. They're entire existence relies on stealth.
this is scary af
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.
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
"Humming Toadfish" Mating call ... somethng like that - wildlife - go figure