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| Sound produced | yes, active sound production |
| Type of sound produced | courtship associated sounds |
| Sound production organ | swim bladder |
| Sound mechanism | vibration by contraction of associated muscles as described by Hazlett, B. & Winn, H.E., 1962. Sound Producing Mechanism of the Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus. Copeia, 1962(2), pp. 447-449 |
| Behavioural context | courtship displays between males and females recorded in situ during the spawning aggregation in western Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands |
| Reference | Schärer, M.T., T.J. Rowell, M.I. Nemeth and R.S. Appeldoorn, 2012 |
| Remark | raw files of recordings |