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Sound produced | yes, active sound production |
Type of sound produced | courtship associated sounds |
Sound production organ | swim bladder |
Sound mechanism | vibration by contraction of associated muscles (probably similar as in Epinephelus striatus) |
Behavioural context | courtship displays between males and females recorded in situ during the spawning aggregation in western Puerto Rico |
Reference | Schärer, M.T., M.I. Nemeth, D. Mann, J. Locascio, R.S. Appeldoorn and T.J. Rowell, 2012 |
Remark | raw files of recordings |