Sounds Made by Mycteroperca venenosa
Picture by Patzner, R.

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Sound produced yes, active sound production
Type of sound produced booms
Sound production organ swim bladder
Sound mechanism vibration by contraction of associated muscles
Behavioural context unspecified disturbance
Reference Fish, M.P. and W.H. Mowbray, 1970
Remark recorded with lowpass filter: 1200 Hz, recording amplified by 6 dB
Entered by Kaschner, Kristin on 09.24.01
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