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Programa Marino del Golfo de California, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Serranoidei
Family:
Epinephelidae
Genus:
Mycteroperca
Species:
jordani
Common:
Gulf grouper
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Pacific, Eastern Central
Rowell, T. J. 2018. Sound Production at Spawning Aggregation Sites Conveys information About the Reproductive Biology and Abundance of Fishes. PhD Dissertation, University of California San Diego.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Rowell, T. J., D'Spain, G. L., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Erisman, B. E. 2020. Drivers of Male Sound Production and Effective Communication Distances at Fish Spawning Aggregation Sites. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77(2): 730-745.
Rowell, T. J., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Cota-Nieto, J. J., Steele, M. A., Erisman, B. E. 2019. Reproductive Behaviour and Concurrent Sound Production of Gulf Grouper Mycteroperca jordani (Epinephelidae) at a Spawning Aggregation Site. Journal of Fish Biology, 94(2): 277-296.