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Sound produced | yes, active sound production |
Type of sound produced | grunts |
Sound production organ | pharyngeal teeth & swim bladder (similar to Haemulon album) |
Sound mechanism | pharyngeal teeth stridulation amplified by adjacent swim bladder (similar to Haemulon album) |
Behavioural context | under duress (manual stimulation), sounds similar to Haemulon aurolineatum |
Reference | Fish, M.P. and W.H. Mowbray, 1970 |
Remark | no recordings available |