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Burkenroad, Martin D.
Copeia
1930
1
17–18
10.2307/1436165
0045-8511
English
Select Fish:
The species name used by the author(s) was Orthopristis chrysopterus.
Detection
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Examination Types
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Sound Types Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
No information available
The species name used by the author(s) was Haemulon plumieri.
Full Description
"The"grunt"of Haemulon plumieri is a loud rasping croak, given when the fish is in difficulty (possibly also at other times), and produced both under water and in air."
Observation Environment Quotes
"While at the Carnegie Laboratory at Tortugas in the summer of 1929, the writer had the opportunity of making several observations on grunts, and will here attempt to give a more detailed account of sound production in these fishes than is supplied by the earlier workers."
Behaviour Description Quotes
"The 'grunt' of Haemulon plumieri is a loud rasping croak, given when the fish is in difficulty (possibly also at other times), and produced both under water and in air."
Sound Name Quotes
Observation Environments
Captivity
Behaviour Descriptions
Disturbance
Sound Names
Grunt Thump
Croak
Rasp