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Wayne Fidler, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Haemulidae
Subfamily:
Haemulinae
Genus:
Haemulon
Species:
aurolineatum
Common:
Tomtate grunt
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Grunt Thump
Citable References
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Kaschner (2012)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112446)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112444)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112445)
Millot, M., Bertucci, F., Lecchini, D., Smeets, S., René-Trouillefou, M., Parmentier, E. 2021. Characteristics of Sound Production and Associated Pharyngeal Jaws in the Tomtate Grunt Haemulon aurolineatum (Cuvier, 1830) in Caribbean Reefs. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 151: 43-56.
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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.
Van Hoeck, R. V., Paxton, A. B., Bohnenstiehl, D. R., Taylor, C. J., Fodrie, F. J., Nowacek, D. P., Voss, C. M., Peterson, C. H. 2020. Soundscapes of Natural and Artificial Temperate Reefs: Similar Temporal Patterns but Distinct Spectral Content. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 649: 35-51.