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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Sciaenidae
Genus:
Pogonias
Species:
cromis
Common:
Black drum
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126247)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126248)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124576)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126245)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111914)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124501)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML123199)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124500)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124577)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111911)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124508)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126066)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126065)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124519)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124510)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111913)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126068)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124520)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124502)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124511)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126246)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111912)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124512)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126064)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124516)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116978)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124514)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111910)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124509)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124515)
Various Artists. 1952. Sounds of the Sea, Vol. 1. Sonic Fish Sounds. Underwater Sounds of Biological Origin. Folkways Records. Album No. FX6121.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Fish, M. P. 1948. Sonic Fishes of the Pacific. Office of Naval Research, Contract N6 ori-195, No. 2 TO 1, NR-083-003, Technical Report No. 2.
Alshuth, S., Gilmore, R. G. J. 1992. Early Larval Development, Growth and Spawning Ecology of the Black Drum, Pogonias cromis L. (Pisces: Sciaenidae). International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, 1-17.
Azpelicueta, M. d. l. M., Delpiani, S. M., Cione, A. L., Oliveira, C., Marceniuk, A. P., Díaz de Astarloa, J. M. 2019. Morphology and Molecular Evidence Support the Validity of Pogonias courbina (Lacepède, 1803) (Teleostei: Sciaenidae), with a Redescription and Neotype Designation. PLoS ONE, 14(6).
Saucier, M. H., Baltz, D. M. 1993. Spawning Site Selection by Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, and Black Drum, Pogonias cromis, in Louisiana. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 36(3): 257-272.
Monczak, A., Ji, Y., Soueidan, J., Montie, E. W. 2019. Automatic Detection, Classification, and Quantification of Sciaenid Fish Calls in an Estuarine Soundscape in the Southeast United States. PLoS ONE, 14(1).
Weigel, E. M. 2019. The Biogenic Soundscape: Temporal Patterns of an Estuarine Creek Near Savannah, Georgia. Master's Thesis, Savannah State University.
Rice, A. N., Morano, J. L., Hodge, K. B., Muirhead, C. A. 2016. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Toadfish and Black Drum Chorusing Activity in the South Atlantic Bight. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 99(10): 705-716.
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.
Locascio, J., Peebles, E., Mann, D. 2008. Sound Production and Spawning by Black Drum (Pogonias cromis) in Southwest Florida. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 60: 591-595.
Monczak, A., Mueller, C., Miller, M. E., Ji, Y., Borgianini, S. A., Montie, E. W. 2019. Sound Patterns of Snapping Shrimp, Fish, and Dolphins in an Estuarine Soundscape of the Southeastern USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 609: 49-68.
Mann, D., Locascio, J. 2006. Chorusing in Fishes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119(5): 3222-3222.
Montie, E. W., Vega, S., Powell, M. 2015. Seasonal and Spatial Patterns of Fish Sound Production in the May River, South Carolina. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 144(4): 705-716.
Monczak, A., Berry, A., Kehrer, C., Montie, E. W. 2017. Long-Term Acoustic Monitoring of Fish Calling Provides Baseline Estimates of Reproductive Time-Lines in the May River Estuary, Southeastern USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 581: 1-19.
Tower, R. W. 1908. The Production of Sound in the Drumfishes, the Sea-Robin and the Toadfish. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 18(5): 149-180.
Tellechea, J. S., Norbis, W., Olsson, D., Fine, M. L. 2011. Calls of the Black Drum (Pogonias cromis: Sciaenidae): Geographical Differences in Sound Production between Northern and Southern Hemisphere Populations. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 315A(1): 48-55.
Locascio, J. V., Burghart, S., Mann, D. A. 2012. Quantitative and Temporal Relationships of Egg Production and Sound Production by Black Drum Pogonias cromis. Journal of Fish Biology, 81(4): 1175-1191.
Smott, S., Monczak, A., Miller, M. E., Montie, E. W. 2018. Boat Noise in an Estuarine Soundscape – a Potential Risk on the Acoustic Communication and Reproduction of Soniferous Fish in the May River, South Carolina. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 133: 246-260.
Brown, K. M., Peterson, G. W., George, G. J., McDonough, M. 2006. Acoustic Deterrents Do Not Reduce Black Drum Predation on Oysters. Journal of Shellfish Research, 25(2): 537-541.
Locascio, J. V., Mann, D. A. 2011. Localization and Source Level Estimates of Black Drum (Pogonias cromis) Calls. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(4): 1868-1879.
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.
Sal Moyano, M. P., Ceraulo, M., Hidalgo, F. J., Luppi, T., Nuñez, J., Radford, C. A., Mazzola, S., Gavio, M. A., Buscaino, G. 2021. Effect of Biological and Anthropogenic Sound on the Orientation Behavior of Four Species of Brachyuran Crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 669: 107-120.
Mok, H.-K., Gilmore, R. G. 1983. Analysis of Sound Production in Estuarine Aggregations of Pogonias cromis, Bairdiella chrysoura, and Cynoscion nebulosos (Sciaenidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, 22(2): 157-186.
Burkenroad, M. D. 1931. Notes on the Sound-Producing Marine Fishes of Louisiana. Copeia, 1931(1): 20-28.
Rice, A. N., Soldevilla, M. S., Quinlan, J. A. 2017. Nocturnal Patterns in Fish Chorusing off the Coasts of Georgia and Eastern Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science, 93(2): 455-474.