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Mark Rosenstein, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Batrachoidiformes
Family:
Batrachoididae
Subfamily:
Batrachoidinae
Genus:
Sanopus
Species:
astrifer
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Western Central
Mosharo, K. K., Lobel, P. S. 2012. Acoustic Signals of Two Toadfishes from Belize: Sanopus astrifer and Batrachoides gilberti (Batrachoididae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 94(4): 623-638.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Mosharo, K. K. 2014. The Role of Acoustic Signals in Fish Courtship and Challenges in Bioacoustic Fish Research. PhD Dissertation, Boston University.
Schärer, M. T., Rowell, T. J., Nemeth, M. I., Appeldoorn, R. S. 2012. Sound Production Associated with Reproductive Behavior of Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus at Spawning Aggregations. Endangered Species Research, 19(1): 29-38.