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Kevin Bryant, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Serranoidei
Family:
Epinephelidae
Genus:
Epinephelus
Species:
morio
Common:
Red grouper
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Boom
Citable References
Kaschner (2012)
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112315)
Wall, C. C., Simard, P., Mann, D. A. 2012. Distribution and Potential Impact of Boat Noise on Fish Sound Production from an Autonomous Acoustic Array in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, eds.), 403-406. Springer, New York, NY.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Locascio, J. V., Burton, M. L. 2016. A Passive Acoustic Survey of Fish Sound Production at Riley’s Hump within Tortugas South Ecological Reserve: Implications Regarding Spawning and Habitat Use. Fishery Bulletin, 114(1): 103-116.
Mann, D., Locascio, J., Schärer, M., Koenig, C., Nemeth, M., Nelson, M., Coleman, F., Appeldoorn, R. 2008. Passive Acoustic Detection of Grouper Sound Production. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5): 3098-3098.
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.
Wall, C. C., Lembke, C., Hu, C., Mann, D. A. 2014. Fish Sound Production in the Presence of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 9(12).
Nelson, M. D., Koenig, C. C., Coleman, F. C., Mann, D. A. 2011. Sound Production of Red Grouper Epinephelus morio on the West Florida Shelf. Aquatic Biology, 12(2): 97-108.
Wall, C. C., Simard, P., Lindemuth, M., Lembke, C., Naar, D. F., Hu, C., Barnes, B. B., Muller-Karger, F. E., Mann, D. A. 2014. Temporal and Spatial Mapping of Red Grouper Epinephelus morio Sound Production. Journal of Fish Biology, 85(5): 1470-1488.
Wall, C. C., Lembke, C., Mann, D. A. 2012. Shelf-Scale Mapping of Sound Production by Fishes in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Using Autonomous Glider Technology. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 449: 55-64.
Wall, C. C. 2012. Shelf-Scale Mapping of Fish Distribution Using Active and Passive Acoustics. PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida.