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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Sciaenidae
Genus:
Cynoscion
Species:
jamaicensis
Common:
Jamaica weakfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Grunt Thump
Citable References
Kaschner (2012)
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112450)
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.
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