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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Sciaenidae
Genus:
Micropogonias
Species:
undulatus
Common:
Atlantic croaker
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116282)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116283)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML118708)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116285)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111915)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111916)
Connaughton, M. A., Taylor, M. H. 1995. Seasonal and Daily Cycles in Sound Production Associated with Spawning in the Weakfish, Cynoscion regalis. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 42(3): 233-240.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Barimo, J. F., Fine, M. L. 1998. Relationship of Swim-Bladder Shape to the Directionality Pattern of Underwater Sound in the Oyster Toadfish. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76(1): 134-143.
Tavolga, W. N., Popper, A. N., Fay, R. R. (Eds.). 1981. Hearing and Sound Communication in Fishes. Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Krahforst, C. S. 2010. Can Passive Acoustics Be Used to Estimate the Length of Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) within the Pamlico Estuary? Master's Thesis, East Carolina University.
Gannon, D. P., Gannon, J. G. 2009. Assessing Trends in the Density of Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus): A Comparison of Passive Acoustic and Trawl Methods. Fishery Bulletin, 108(1): 106-116.
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.
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.
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.
Various Artists. 1952. Sounds of the Sea, Vol. 1. Sonic Fish Sounds. Underwater Sounds of Biological Origin. Folkways Records. Album No. FX6121.
Hill, G. L., Fine, M. L., Musick, J. A. 1987. Ontogeny of the Sexually Dimorphic Sonic Muscle in Three Sciaenid Species. Copeia, 1987(3): 708-713.
Burkenroad, M. D. 1931. Notes on the Sound-Producing Marine Fishes of Louisiana. Copeia, 1931(1): 20-28.
Dobrin, M. B. 1947. Measurements of Underwater Noise Produced by Marine Life. Science, 105(2714): 19-23.
Fine, M. L., Schrinel, J., Cameron, T. M. 2004. The Effect of Loading on Disturbance Sounds of the Atlantic Croaker Micropogonius undulatus: Air versus Water. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116(2): 1271-1275.
Connaughton, M. A. 2004. Sound Generation in the Searobin (Prionotus carolinus), a Fish with Alternate Sonic Muscle Contraction. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207(10): 1643-1654.
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.
Luczkovich, J. J., Krahforst, C. S., Sprague, M. W. 2012. Does Vessel Noise Change the Calling Rate and intensity of Soniferous Fishes? Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, eds.), 375-378. Springer, New York, NY.
Mann, D. A., Grothues, T. M. 2009. Response of Fish Sound Production to Short-Term Ocean Upwelling Events at the LEO-15 (Long-Term Ecosystem Observatory at 15 m Depth) Ocean Observatory. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(4): 2485-2485.
Mann, D. A., Grothues, T. M. 2009. Short-Term Upwelling Events Modulate Fish Sound Production at a Mid-Atlantic Ocean Observatory. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 375: 65-71.
Gannon, D. P. 2007. Acoustic Behavior of Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias undulatus (Sciaenidae). Copeia, 2007(1): 193-204.
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.
Vance, T. L., Hewson, J. M., Modla, S., Connaughton, M. A. 2002. Variability in Sonic Muscle Size and innervation among Three Sciaenids: Spot, Atlantic Croaker, and Weakfish. Copeia, 2002(4): 1137-1143.