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Isaac Chacón, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Batrachoidiformes
Family:
Batrachoididae
Subfamily:
Batrachoidinae
Genus:
Opsanus
Species:
beta
Common:
Gulf toadfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Names: Boop; Grunt Thump
Citable References
Kaschner (2012)
Thorson and Fine (2002)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116188)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112908)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112909)
Wall, C. C. 2012. Shelf-Scale Mapping of Fish Distribution Using Active and Passive Acoustics. PhD Dissertation, University of South Florida.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Remage-Healey, L., Bass, A. H. 2006. From Social Behavior to Neural Circuitry: Steroid Hormones Rapidly Modulate Advertisement Calling via a Vocal Pattern Generator. Hormones and Behavior, 50(3): 432-441.
Rosner, E., Rohmann, K. N., Bass, A. H., Chagnaud, B. P. 2018. Inhibitory and Modulatory inputs to the Vocal Central Pattern Generator of a Teleost Fish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 526(8): 1368-1388.
Thorson, R. F., Fine, M. L. 2002. Crepuscular Changes in Emission Rate and Parameters of the Boatwhistle Advertisement Call of the Gulf Toadfish, Opsanus beta. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 63(3): 321-331.
Fournet, M. E. H., Stabenau, E., Rice, A. N. 2019. Relationship Between Salinity and Sonic Fish Advertisement Behavior in a Managed Sub-Tropical Estuary: Making the Case for an Acoustic indicator Species. Ecological Indicators, 106(105531).
Breder, C. M. J. 1968. Seasonal and Diurnal Occurrences of Fish Sounds in a Small Florida Bay. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 138(6).
Locascio, J. V., Mann, D. A. 2011. Diel and Seasonal Timing of Sound Production by Black Drum (Pogonias cromis). Fishery Bulletin, 109(3): 327-338.
Boyd, A. D., Gowans, S., Mann, D. A., Simard, P. 2021. Tropical Storm Debby: Soundscape and Fish Sound Production in Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 16(7).
Chagnaud, B. P., Perelmuter, J. T., Forlano, P. M., Bass, A. H. 2021. Gap Junction-Mediated Glycinergic inhibition Ensures Precise Temporal Patterning in Vocal Behavior. eLife, 10.
Mann, D., Locascio, J. 2006. Chorusing in Fishes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119(5): 3222-3222.
Tavolga, W. N. 1967. Marine Animal Data Atlas. Technical Teport 1212-2, American Museum of Natural History and U.S. Naval Training Device Center, Orlando, FL.
Remage-Healey, L., Bass, A. H. 2005. Rapid Elevations in Both Steroid Hormones and Vocal Signaling during Playback Challenge: A Field Experiment in Gulf Toadfish. Hormones and Behavior, 47(3): 297-305.
Goodson, J. L., Bass, A. H. 2002. Vocal-Acoustic Circuitry and Descending Vocal Pathways in Teleost Fish: Convergence with Terrestrial Vertebrates Reveals Conserved Traits. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 448(3): 298-322.
Locascio, J., Mann, D., Wilcox, K., Luther, M. 2018. Incorporation of Acoustic Sensors on a Coastal Ocean Monitoring Platform for Measurements of Biological Activity. Marine Technology Society Journal, 52(3): 64-70.
Remage-Healey, L., Nowacek, D. P., Bass, A. H. 2006. Dolphin foraging Sounds Suppress Calling and Elevate Stress Hormone Levels in a Prey Species, the Gulf Toadfish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209(22): 4444-4451.
Chagnaud, B. P., Bass, A. H. 2014. Vocal Behavior and Vocal Central Pattern Generator Organization Diverge among Toadfishes. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 84(1): 51-65.
Goodson, J. L., Evans, A. K., Bass, A. H. 2003. Putative Isotocin Distributions in Sonic Fish: Relation to Vasotocin and Vocal-Acoustic Circuitry. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 462(1): 1-14.
Wall, C. C., Simard, P., Lembke, C., Mann, D. A. 2013. Large-Scale Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Fish Sound Production on the West Florida Shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 484: 173-188.
Locascio, J. V., Mann, D. A. 2008. Diel Periodicity of Fish Sound Production in Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 606-615.
Butler, J., Stanley, J. A., Butler, M. J. I. 2016. Underwater Soundscapes in Near-Shore Tropical Habitats and the Effects of Environmental Degradation and Habitat Restoration. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 479: 89-96.