Going Beyond Body Size in Fish Acoustic Communication

In this response to Dr. Eric Parmentier's comments on our paper '"What Does the Anemonefish Say?": Investigating Amphiprion percula's Acoustic Behaviour', we correct and clarify Dr. Parmentier's affirmations. Firstly, we address the statistical 'problems' by clarifying our statistical approach, highlighting the advantages of GLMMs in comparison with methods utilised by previous studies, such as correlation analysis. Secondly, we counter argument Dr. Parmentier's criticism of the inclusion of social rank as a variable alongside body size. Lastly, we highlight the need of an integrative framework and the use of new statistical approaches to deepen our understanding of fish acoustic communication.