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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ophidiiformes
Family:
Ophidiidae
Subfamily:
Ophidiinae
Genus:
Ophidion
Species:
marginatum
Common:
Striped cusk-eel
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Names: Croak; Grunt Thump
Citable References
Kaschner (2012)
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Sound Name: Jackhammer Chorus
Rountree et al. (2002)
Anderson et al. (2004)
Stolkin et al. (2007)
Sound Name: Chorus
Anderson et al. (2008)
Anderson et al. (2005)
Sound Names: Croak; Grunt Thump; Knock
Sound Name: Jackhammer
Rountree and Bowers-Altman (2002)
Stolkin, R., Radhakrishnan, S., Sutin, A., Rountree, R. 2007. Passive Acoustic Detection of Modulated Underwater Sounds from Biological and Anthropogenic Sources. OCEANS 2007, 1-8.
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Rountree, R. A., Bowers-Altman, J. 2002. Soniferous Behaviour of the Striped Cusk-Eel Ophidion marginatum. Bioacoustics, 12(2-3): 240-242.
Sprague, M. W., Luczkovich, J. J. 2001. Do Striped Cusk-Eels Ophidion marginatum (Ophidiidae) Produce the “Chatter” Sound Attributed to Weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Sciaenidae)? Copeia, 2001(3): 854-859.
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R., Juanes, F. 2004. The Distribution and Behavior of Soniferous Fishes in the Hudson River: Focusing on Striped Cusk-Eel, Ophidium marginatum. Final Reports of the Tilbot T. Polgar Fellowship Program (J. R. Waldman and W. C. Nieder, eds.). Hudson River Foundation.
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F. 2008. Soniferous Fishes in the Hudson River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 616-626.
Fahay, M. P. 1992. Development and Distribution of Cusk Eel Eggs and Larvae in the Middle Atlantic Bight with a Description of Ophidion robinsi n. sp. (Teleostei: Ophidiidae). Copeia, 1992(3): 799-819.
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.
Courtenay, W. R. J. 1971. Sexual Dimorphism of the Sound Producing Mechanism of the Striped Cusk-Eel, Rissola marginata (Pisces: Ophidiidae). Copeia, 1971(2): 259-268.
Mann, D. A., Bowers-Altman, J., Rountree, R. A. 1997. Sounds Produced by the Striped Cusk-Eel Ophidion marginatum (Ophidiidae) during Courtship and Spawning. Copeia, 1997(3): 610-612.
Mann, D. A., Grothues, T. M. 2009. Short-Term Upwelling Events Modulate Fish Sound Production at a Mid-Atlantic Ocean Observatory. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 375: 65-71.
Wirth, C. 2018. Measuring Biotic and Anthropogenic Sounds in Temperate and Tropical Marine Habitats Using Passive Acoustics. Master's Thesis, Stony Brook University.
Mann, D. A., Grothues, T. M. 2009. Response of Fish Sound Production to Short-Term Ocean Upwelling Events at the LEO-15 (Long-Term Ecosystem Observatory at 15 m Depth) Ocean Observatory. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(4): 2485-2485.
Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F., Blue, J. E. 2002. Soniferous Fishes of Massachusetts. Listening to Fish: Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Applications of Passive Acoustics to Fisheries, 77-84.