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Michael Verdirame, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Gadiformes
Family:
Gadidae
Genus:
Pollachius
Species:
virens
Common:
Saithe
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Polar
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112288)
Sound Name: Grunt Thump
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Kaschner (2012)
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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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Skjæraasen, J. E., Meager, J. J., Heino, M. 2012. Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Codfishes (Gadidae) in Relation to Sound Production, Habitat Use and Social Behaviour. Marine Biology Research, 8(3): 201-209.
Hawkins, A. D., Rasmussen, K. J. 1978. The Calls of Gadoid Fish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 58(4): 891-911.