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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Sciaenidae
Genus:
Cynoscion
Species:
othonopterus
Common:
Gulf weakfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Pacific, Eastern Central
Rowell, T. J. 2018. Sound Production at Spawning Aggregation Sites Conveys information About the Reproductive Biology and Abundance of Fishes. PhD Dissertation, University of California San Diego.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Erisman, B. E., Rowell, T. J. 2017. A Sound Worth Saving: Acoustic Characteristics of a Massive Fish Spawning Aggregation. Biology Letters, 13(12).
Rowell, T. J., Demer, D. A., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Cota-Nieto, J. J., Hyde, J. R., Erisman, B. E. 2017. Estimating Fish Abundance at Spawning Aggregations from Courtship Sound Levels. Scientific Reports, 7(3340).