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Mark Rosenstein, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Holocentriformes
Family:
Holocentridae
Subfamily:
Holocentrinae
Genus:
Neoniphon
Species:
sammara
Common:
Sammara squirrelfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Carlson, B. A., Bass, A. H. 2000. Sonic/Vocal Motor Pathways in Squirrelfish (Teleostei, Holocentridae). Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 56(1): 14-28.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Tricas, T. C., Boyle, K. S. 2014. Acoustic Behaviors in Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 511: 1-16.
Parmentier, E., Vandewalle, P., Brié, C., Dinraths, L., Lecchini, D. 2011. Comparative Study on Sound Production in Different Holocentridae Species. Frontiers in Zoology, 8(12).