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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Sciaenidae
Genus:
Cynoscion
Species:
nebulosus
Common:
Spotted weakfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126242)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126229)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126255)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124540)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124542)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124547)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124557)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126263)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126230)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126267)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124597)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124595)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126261)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124546)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126219)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126265)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126259)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124551)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126208)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124562)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126209)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126264)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126272)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126206)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124559)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124561)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126253)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126202)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126256)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124590)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124593)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126214)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126231)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126254)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126220)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126262)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124543)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124598)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126268)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124539)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124553)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126221)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124567)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124560)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124592)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126228)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126282)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126207)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126240)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126266)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124555)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126276)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124538)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124556)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124544)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124548)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124596)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126205)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126244)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124554)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126258)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126260)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126212)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126269)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126270)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126271)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126200)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124591)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126274)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126277)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126280)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126281)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126283)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126284)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126278)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124558)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126241)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124594)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124545)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126226)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126238)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126257)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126203)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124541)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126273)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML124563)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126275)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126285)
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Passive Feeding
Other Passive
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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).
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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.
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).
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Saucier, M. H., Baltz, D. M., Roumillat, W. A. 1992. Hydrophone Identification of Spawning Sites of Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus (Osteichthys: Sciaenidae) near Charleston, South Carolina. Northeast Gulf Science, 12(2): 141-145.
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.
Walters, S., Lowerre-Barbieri, S., Bickford, J., Mann, D. 2009. Using a Passive Acoustic Survey to Identify Spotted Seatrout Spawning Sites and Associated Habitat in Tampa Bay, Florida. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 138(1): 88-98.
Luczkovich, J. J., Krahforst, C. S., Hoppe, H., Sprague, M. W. 2016. Does Vessel Noise Affect Oyster Toadfish Calling Rates? Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, eds.), 647-653. Springer, New York, NY.
Montie, E. W., Hoover, M., Kehrer, C., Yost, J., Brenkert, K., O'Donnell, T., Denson, M. R. 2017. Acoustic Monitoring indicates a Correlation between Calling and Spawning in Captive Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus). PeerJ, 5.
Biggs, C. R., Lowerre-Barbieri, S. K., Erisman, B. 2018. Reproductive Resilience of an Estuarine Fish in the Eye of a Hurricane. Biology Letters, 14(11).
Ricci, S. W., Eggleston, D. B., Bohnenstiehl, D. R. 2017. Use of Passive Acoustic Monitoring To Characterize Fish Spawning Behavior And Habitat Use within A Complex Mosaic of Estuarine Habitats. Bulletin of Marine Science, 93(2): 439-453.
Mann, D., Locascio, J. 2006. Chorusing in Fishes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119(5): 3222-3222.
Luczkovich, J. J., Pullinger, R. C., Johnson, S. E., Sprague, M. W. 2008. Identifying Sciaenid Critical Spawning Habitats by the Use of Passive Acoustics. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 576-605.
Luczkovich, J. J., Sprague, M. W. 2008. Does Boat Noise Affect Spawning Sound Production of Soniferous Fish in Shallow Estuarine Systems? Bioacoustics, 17(1-3): 203-205.
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.
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.
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.
Lowerre-Barbieri, S. K., Walters, S., Bickford, J., Cooper, W., Muller, R. 2013. Site Fidelity and Reproductive Timing at a Spotted Seatrout Spawning Aggregation Site: Individual versus Population Scale Behavior. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 481: 181-197.
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.
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