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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Sciaenidae
Genus:
Argyrosomus
Species:
regius
Common:
Meagre
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Polar
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northeast
Indian Ocean, Western
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Description
Sound Name: Juvenile Distress Sound
Citable References
Pereira et al. (2020)
Sound Name: Grunt
Vieira et al. (2019)
Sound Name: Adult Social Sound
Sound Name: Unnamed
Sound Name: Juvenile Social Sound
Sound Name: Pulse
Sound Name: Adult Distress Sound
Vieira, M., Pereira, B. P., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2019. Seasonal Variation of Captive Meagre Acoustic Signalling: A Manual and Automatic Recognition Approach. Fishes, 4(28).
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Pereira, B. P., Vieira, M., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Candeias-Mendes, A., Barata, M., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2020. Sound Production in the Meagre, Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801): Intraspecific Variability Associated with Size, Sex and Context. PeerJ, 8.
Bolgan, M., Pereira, B. P., Crucianelli, A., Mylonas, C. C., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Parmentier, E., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2020. Vocal Repertoire and Consistency of Call Features in the Meagre Argyrosomous regius (Asso, 1801). PloS ONE, 15(11).
Vieira, M., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P. 2021. Fish Sounds and Boat Noise are Prominent Soundscape Contributors in an Urban European Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172(112845).
Vieira, M., Beauchaud, M., Amorim, M. C. P., Fonseca, P. J. 2021. Boat Noise Affects Meagre (Argyrosomus regius) Hearing and Vocal Behaviour. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172(112824).
Dufossé, L. 1874. Recherches sur les Bruits et les Sons Expressifs Que Font Entendre les Poissons d’Europe et sur les Organes Producteurs de ces Phénomènes Acoustiques ainsi que sur les Appareils de L'Audition de Plusieurs de ces Animaux. Imprimerie de E. Martinet, Paris, France.
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.
Lagardère, J. P., Mariani, A. 2006. Spawning Sounds in Meagre Argyrosomus regius Recorded in the Gironde Estuary, France. Journal of Fish Biology, 69(6): 1697-1708.
Vasconcelos, R. O., Fonseca, P. J., Amorim, M. C. P., Ladich, F. 2011. Representation of Complex Vocalizations in the Lusitanian Toadfish Auditory System: Evidence of Fine Temporal, Frequency and Amplitude Discrimination. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1707): 826-834.