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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Acanthuriformes
Family:
Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Chaetodon
Species:
multicinctus
Common:
Pebbled butterflyfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Pacific, Eastern Central
Tricas, T. C., Boyle, K. S. 2014. Acoustic Behaviors in Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 511: 1-16.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Tricas, T. C., Boyle, K. S. 2015. Sound Pressure Enhances the Hearing Sensitivity of Chaetodon Butterflyfishes on Noisy Coral Reefs. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(10): 1585-1595.
Tricas, T. C., Boyle, K. S. 2015. Diversity and Evolution of Sound Production in the Social Behavior of Chaetodon Butterflyfishes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218(10): 1572-1584.
Boyle, K. S., Tricas, T. C. 2006. Acoustic Communication by Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) on Noisy Coral Reefs. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, 87(36).
Tricas, T. C., Kajiura, S. M., Kosaki, R. K. 2006. Acoustic Communication in Territorial Butterflyfish: Test of the Sound Production Hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209(24): 4994-5004.