Sounds Made by Caranx hippos
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Sound produced yes, active sound production
Type of sound produced croaks
Sound production organ teeth & swim bladder
Sound mechanism stridulation of well-toothed mouth reinforced by large swim bladder
Behavioural context spontaneous, sustained croaking during capture in net, sounds easily stimulated with mild manual stimulation (continued production even out of water)
Reference Fish, M.P. and W.H. Mowbray, 1970
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