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Brian Gratwicke, license: CC BY 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Haemulidae
Subfamily:
Haemulinae
Genus:
Anisotremus
Species:
virginicus
Common:
Porkfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Names: Grunt Thump; Knock
Citable References
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Kaschner (2012)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112440)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112441)
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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