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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Sciaenidae
Genus:
Sciaenops
Species:
ocellatus
Common:
Red drum
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Southeast
Pacific, Western Central
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111925)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126279)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111926)
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
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Fish, M. P. 1948. Sonic Fishes of the Pacific. Office of Naval Research, Contract N6 ori-195, No. 2 TO 1, NR-083-003, Technical Report No. 2.
Montie, E. W., Kehrer, C., Yost, J., Brenkert, K., O'Donnell, T., Denson, M. R. 2016. Long-Term Monitoring of Captive Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus Reveals That Calling incidence and Structure Correlate with Egg Deposition. Journal of Fish Biology, 88(5): 1776-1795.
Luczkovich, J. J., Sprague, M. W. 2008. Does Boat Noise Affect Spawning Sound Production of Soniferous Fish in Shallow Estuarine Systems? Bioacoustics, 17(1-3): 203-205.
Montie, E. W., Vega, S., Powell, M. 2015. Seasonal and Spatial Patterns of Fish Sound Production in the May River, South Carolina. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 144(4): 705-716.
Guest, W. C., Lasswell, J. L. 1978. A Note on Courtship Behavior and Sound Production of Red Drum. Copeia, 1978(2): 337-338.
Holt, S. A. 2002. Intra- and inter-Day Variability in Sound Production by Red Drum (Sciaenidae) at a Spawning Site. Bioacoustics, 12(2-3): 227-229.
Smott, S., Monczak, A., Miller, M. E., Montie, E. W. 2018. Boat Noise in an Estuarine Soundscape – a Potential Risk on the Acoustic Communication and Reproduction of Soniferous Fish in the May River, South Carolina. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 133: 246-260.
Monczak, A., Mueller, C., Miller, M. E., Ji, Y., Borgianini, S. A., Montie, E. W. 2019. Sound Patterns of Snapping Shrimp, Fish, and Dolphins in an Estuarine Soundscape of the Southeastern USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 609: 49-68.
Monczak, A., Berry, A., Kehrer, C., Montie, E. W. 2017. Long-Term Acoustic Monitoring of Fish Calling Provides Baseline Estimates of Reproductive Time-Lines in the May River Estuary, Southeastern USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 581: 1-19.
Boyd, A. D., Gowans, S., Mann, D. A., Simard, P. 2021. Tropical Storm Debby: Soundscape and Fish Sound Production in Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 16(7).
Burkenroad, M. D. 1931. Notes on the Sound-Producing Marine Fishes of Louisiana. Copeia, 1931(1): 20-28.
Lowerre-Barbieri, S. K., Barbieri, L. R., Flanders, J. R., Woodward, A. G., Cotton, C. F., Knowlton, M. K. 2008. Use of Passive Acoustics to Determine Red Drum Spawning in Georgia Waters. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 562-575.
Monczak, A., Ji, Y., Soueidan, J., Montie, E. W. 2019. Automatic Detection, Classification, and Quantification of Sciaenid Fish Calls in an Estuarine Soundscape in the Southeast United States. PLoS ONE, 14(1).
Luczkovich, J. J., Pullinger, R. C., Johnson, S. E., Sprague, M. W. 2008. Identifying Sciaenid Critical Spawning Habitats by the Use of Passive Acoustics. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 576-605.
Funicelli, N. A., Johnson, D. R. 1991. Spawning of the Red Drum in Mosquito Lagoon, East-Central Florida. Estuaries, 14(1): 74-79.
Bolgan, M., Crucianelli, A., Mylonas, C. C., Henry, S., Falguière, J. C., Parmentier, E. 2020. Calling Activity and Calls' Temporal Features inform About Fish Reproductive Condition and Spawning in Three Cultured Sciaenidae Species. Aquaculture, 524.
Holt, S. A. 2008. Distribution of Red Drum Spawning Sites Identified by a Towed Hydrophone Array. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 551-561.
Rice, A. N., Soldevilla, M. S., Quinlan, J. A. 2017. Nocturnal Patterns in Fish Chorusing off the Coasts of Georgia and Eastern Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science, 93(2): 455-474.
Parmentier, E., Tock, J., Falguière, J.-C., Beauchaud, M. 2014. Sound Production in Sciaenops ocellatus: Preliminary Study for the Development of Acoustic Cues in Aquaculture. Aquaculture, 432: 204-211.