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Eric Heupel, license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Tetraodontidae
Subfamily:
Tetraodontinae
Genus:
Sphoeroides
Species:
maculatus
Common:
Northern puffer
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116288)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116291)
Fish, M. P. 1954. The Character and Significance of Sound Production among Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 14(3): 1-109.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
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.
Fish, M. P., Kelsey, A. S. J., Mowbray, W. H. 1952. Studies on the Production of Underwater Sound by North Atlantic Coastal Fishes. Journal of Marine Research, 11(2): 180-193.