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Kevin Bryant, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Scaridae
Subfamily:
Scarinae
Genus:
Scarus
Species:
guacamaia
Common:
Rainbow parrotfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116497)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116496)
Sartori, J. D., Bright, T. J. 1973. Hydrophonic Study of the Feeding Activities of Certain Bahamian Parrot Fishes, Family Scaridae. Hydro-Laboratory Journal, 2: 25-56.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
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.