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Kevin Bryant, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Haemulidae
Subfamily:
Haemulinae
Genus:
Haemulon
Species:
melanurum
Common:
Cottonwick grunt
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Grunt Thump
Citable References
Kaschner (2012)
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML107996)
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
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
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Cummings, W. C., Brahy, B. D., Herrnkind, W. F. 1964. The Occurrence of Underwater Sounds of Biological Origin off the West Coast of Bimini, Bahamas. Marine Bio-Acoustics, Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini, Bahamas, 27-43.