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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Anguillidae
Genus:
Anguilla
Species:
rostrata
Common:
American eel
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Polar
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Europe - Inland Waters
North America - Inland Waters
South America - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111956)
Sound Names: Click; Cluck; Squeak
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Kaschner (2012)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116970)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111957)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116971)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116972)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116973)
Sound Names: Click; Cluck; Squeak; Thump
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F. 2008. Soniferous Fishes in the Hudson River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 616-626.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
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Passive Feeding
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Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R., Juanes, F. 2005. Soniferous Fishes in Tidal Freshwater Tivoli Bay of the Hudson River. Final Reports of the Tilbot T. Polgar Fellowship Program (J. R. Waldman and W. C. Nieder, eds.). Hudson River Foundation.
Fish, M. P. 1954. The Character and Significance of Sound Production among Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 14(3): 1-109.
Fish, M. P., Kelsey, A. S. J., Mowbray, W. H. 1952. Studies on the Production of Underwater Sound by North Atlantic Coastal Fishes. Journal of Marine Research, 11(2): 180-193.
Fish, M. P., Mowbray, W. H. 1970. Sounds of Western North Atlantic Fishes, A Reference File of Biological Underwater Sounds. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.