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Michelle T. Schärer-Umpierre, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: contributed by owner
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Serranoidei
Family:
Epinephelidae
Genus:
Mycteroperca
Species:
bonaci
Common:
Black grouper
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
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Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Names: Boom; Thundering Roll
Citable References
Kaschner (2012)
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112346)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112348)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112468)
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
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Passive Feeding
Other Passive
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Sanchez, P. J., Appeldoorn, R. S., Schärer-Umpierre, M. T., Locascio, J. V. 2017. Patterns of Courtship Acoustics and Geophysical Features at Spawning Sites of Black Grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci). Fishery Bulletin, 115(2): 186-195.
Wilson, K. C., Semmens, B. X., Pattengill-Semmens, C., McCoy, C., Širović, A. 2020. Potential for Grouper Acoustic Competition and Partitioning at a Multispecies Spawning Site off Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 634: 127-146.
Bordeau, B. 1982. [Influences of the Acoustic Environment on the Marine and Freshwater Fishes. Application to Fisheries]. PhD Dissertation, Université de Paris.
Schärer, M. T., Nemeth, M. I., Rowell, T. J., Appeldoorn, R. S. 2014. Sounds Associated with the Reproductive Behavior of the Black Grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci). Marine Biology, 161(1): 141-147.
Ibrahim, A. K. 2019. Multi-Model Deep Learning for Grouper Sound Classification and Seizure Prediction. PhD Dissertation, Florida Atlantic University.
Wilson, K. C. 2019. Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Epinephelids in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. PhD Dissertation, University of California San Diego.
Locascio, J. V., Burton, M. L. 2016. A Passive Acoustic Survey of Fish Sound Production at Riley’s Hump within Tortugas South Ecological Reserve: Implications Regarding Spawning and Habitat Use. Fishery Bulletin, 114(1): 103-116.
Tavolga, W. N., Popper, A. N., Fay, R. R. (Eds.). 1981. Hearing and Sound Communication in Fishes. Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Ibrahim, A. K., Chérubin, L. M., Zhuang, H., Umpierre, M. T. S., Dalgleish, F., Erdol, N., Ouyang, B., Dalgleish, A. 2018. An Approach for Automatic Classification of Grouper Vocalizations with Passive Acoustic Monitoring. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143(2): 666-676.
Wilson, K. C., Semmens, B. X., Gittings, S. R., Pattengill-Semmens, C., Širović, A. 2019. Development and Evaluation of a Passive Acoustic Localization Method To Monitor Fish Spawning Aggregations and Measure Source Levels. OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE, 2019: 1-7.