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Mike G. Rutherford, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Batrachoidiformes
Family:
Batrachoididae
Subfamily:
Batrachoidinae
Genus:
Amphichthys
Species:
cryptocentrus
Common:
Bocon toadfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Names: Boop; Grunt; Tag
Citable References
Staaterman et al. (2018)
Staaterman et al. (2017)
Sound Names: Boop; Grunt; Swoop
Staaterman, E., Ogburn, M. B., Altieri, A. H., Brandl, S. J., Whippo, R., Seemann, J., Goodison, M., Duffy, J. E. 2017. Bioacoustic Measurements Complement Visual Biodiversity Surveys: Preliminary Evidence from Four Shallow Marine Habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 575: 207-215.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
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Passive Feeding
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Morphophysiological
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Visual
Salas, A. K., Wilson, P. S., Ryan, M. J. 2018. Acoustic Communication in the Bocon Toadfish (Amphichthys cryptocentrus). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101(7): 1175-1193.
Staaterman, E., Brandl, S. J., Hauer, M., Casey, J. M., Gallagher, A. J., Rice, A. N. 2018. Individual Voices in a Cluttered Soundscape: Acoustic Ecology of the Bocon Toadfish, Amphichthys cryptocentrus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101(6): 979-995.
Salas, A. K., Altieri, A. H., Wilson, P. S., Keitt, T. H. 2018. Predicting the Reef Acoustic Cuescape from the Perspective of Larval Fishes across a Habitat Quality Gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 605: 173-193.