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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Batrachoidiformes
Family:
Batrachoididae
Subfamily:
Batrachoidinae
Genus:
Opsanus
Species:
tau
Common:
Oyster toadfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Description
Sound Name: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116185)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116184)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112913)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116993)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116996)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116994)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116997)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116186)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML117263)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112911)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML117264)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126216)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116980)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML126217)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112914)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116992)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112915)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML111996)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112912)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116982)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116995)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116998)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116999)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML112916)
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116187)
Fine, M. L. 1975. Sexual Dimorphism of the Growth Rate of the Swimbladder of the Toadfish Opsanus tau. Copeia, 1975(3): 483-490.
Fine (1975)
Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Fine, M. L., Keefer, D. A., Russel-Mergenthal, H. 1990. Autoradiographic Localization of Estrogen-Concentrating Cells in the Brain and Pituitary of the Oyster Toadfish. Brain Research, 536(1-2): 207-219.
Fine et al. (1990)
Tavolga, W. N., Popper, A. N., Fay, R. R. (Eds.). 1981. Hearing and Sound Communication in Fishes. Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Tavolga et al. (Eds.) (1981)
Skoglund, C. R. 1959. Neuromuscular Mechanisms of Sound Production in Opsanus tau. Biological Bulletin, 117: 438-438.
Skoglund (1959)
Johnson, M. S., Waybright, T. D., Matt, D. W., Feher, J. J., Fine, M. L. 2000. Absence of a Seasonal Cycle in the Sonic Neuromuscular System of the Oyster Toadfish. Journal of Fish Biology, 56(1): 211-215.
Johnson et al. (2000)
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.
Tower (1908)
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.
Fish and Mowbray (1970)
Fine, M. L. 1982. Possible Lateralization of Function in Toadfish Sound Production. Physiology & Behavior, 29(1): 167-169.
Fine (1982)
Tavolga, W. N. 1967. Marine Animal Data Atlas. Technical Teport 1212-2, American Museum of Natural History and U.S. Naval Training Device Center, Orlando, FL.
Tavolga (1967)
Fine, M. L., Malloy, K. L., King, C. B., Mitchell, S. L., Cameron, T. M. 2002. Sound Generation by the Toadfish Swimbladder. Bioacoustics, 12(2-3): 220-222.
Fine et al. (2002)
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 et al. (2017)
Maruska, K. P., Mensinger, A. F. 2009. Acoustic Characteristics and Variations in Grunt Vocalizations in the Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 84(3): 325-337.
Maruska and Mensinger (2009)
Van Wert, J. C., Mensinger, A. F. 2019. Seasonal and Daily Patterns of the Mating Calls of the Oyster Toadfish, Opsanus tau. Biological Bulletin, 236(2): 97-107.
Van Wert and Mensinger (2019)
Fish, M. P. 1954. The Character and Significance of Sound Production among Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, 14(3): 1-109.
Fish (1954)
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.
Montie et al. (2015)
Edds-Walton, P. L., Mangiamele, L. A., Rome, L. C. 2002. Variations of Pulse Repitition Rate in Boatwhistle Sounds from Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau around Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Bioacoustics, 13(2): 153-173.
Edds-Walton et al. (2002)
Fine, M. L., King, C. B., Cameron, T. M. 2009. Acoustical Properties of the Swimbladder in the Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(21): 3542-3552.
Fine et al. (2009)
Mackiewicz, A. G., Putland, R. L., Mensinger, A. F. 2021. Effects of Vessel Sound on Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau Calling Behavior. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 662: 115-124.
Mackiewicz et al. (2021)
Hirsch, J. E., Bigbee, J. W., Fine, M. L. 1998. Continuous Adult Development of Multiple innervation in Toadfish Sonic Muscle. Journal of Neurobiology, 36(3): 348-356.
Hirsch et al. (1998)
Young, I. S., Rome, L. C. 2001. Mutually Exclusive Muscle Designs: The Power Output of the Locomotory and Sonic Muscles of the Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 268(1480): 1965-1970.
Young and Rome (2001)
Fine, M. L., Pennypacker, K. R. 1986. Hormonal Basis for Sexual Dimorphism of the Sound-Producing Apparatus of the Oyster Toadfish. Experimental Neurology, 92(2): 289-298.
Fine and Pennypacker (1986)
Amorim, M. C. P., McCracken, M. L., Fine, M. L. 2002. Metabolic Costs of Sound Production in the Oyster Toadfish, Opsanus tau. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80(5): 830-838.
Amorim et al. (2002)
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.
Barimo and Fine (1998)
Ricci, S. W., Bohnenstiehl, D. R., Eggleston, D. B., Kellogg, M. L., Lyon, R. P. 2017. Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau) Boatwhistle Call Detection and Patterns within a Large-Scale Oyster Restoration Site. PLoS ONE, 12(8).
Ricci et al. (2017)
Galeo, A. J., Fine, M. L., Stevenson, J. A. 1987. Embryonic and Larval Development of the Sonic Motor Nucleus in the Oyster Toadfish. Journal of Neurobiology, 18(4): 359-373.
Galeo et al. (1987)
Fine, M. L., Lenhardt, M. L. 1983. Shallow-Water Propagation of the Toadfish Mating Call. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 76(2): 225-231.
Fine and Lenhardt (1983)
Fine, M. L., McKnight, J. W. J., Blem, C. R. 1995. Effect of Size and Sex on Buoyancy in the Oyster Toadfish. Marine Biology, 123(3): 401-409.
Fine et al. (1995)
Various Artists. 1952. Sounds of the Sea, Vol. 1. Sonic Fish Sounds. Underwater Sounds of Biological Origin. Folkways Records. Album No. FX6121.
Various Artists (1952)
Deville, P. M. 2019. Localization of Soniferous Fish Using a Sparse Hydrophone Array and Conventional Steered Response Power Method. Master's Thesis, East Carolina Univeristy.
Deville (2019)
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.
Monczak et al. (2019)
Amorim, M. C. P., McCracken, M. L., Fine, M. L. 2002. Bioenergetics of Calling in Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau. Bioacoustics, 12(2-3): 223-225.
Rogers, L. S. 2019. The Effect of Biological and Anthropogenic Sound Playbacks and Self-Generated Movement on the Hearing Sensitivity of the Oyster Toadfish, Opsanus tau. Master's Thesis, University of Minnesota.
Rogers (2019)
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R., Juanes, F. 2004. The Distribution and Behavior of Soniferous Fishes in the Hudson River: Focusing on Striped Cusk-Eel, Ophidium marginatum. Final Reports of the Tilbot T. Polgar Fellowship Program (J. R. Waldman and W. C. Nieder, eds.). Hudson River Foundation.
Anderson et al. (2004)
Freytag, G. 1971. Practical Applications and Limitations in the Method of Fish Finding by Passive Listening. Modern Fishing Gear of the World, 3: 51-55.
Freytag (1971)
Rogers, L. S., Putland, R. L., Mensinger, A. F. 2020. The Effect of Biological and Anthropogenic Sound on the Auditory Sensitivity of Oyster Toadfish, Opsanus tau. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 206(1): 1-14.
Rogers et al. (2020)
Fine, M. L., Bernard, B., Harris, T. M. 1993. Functional Morphology of Toadfish Sonic Muscle Fibers: Relationship to Possible Fiber Division. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 71(11): 2262-2274.
Fine et al. (1993)
Lillis, A. S. 2014. Habitat-Associated Soundscapes and Their Potential Role as a Settlement Cue for Estuarine Larvae. PhD Dissertation, North Carolina State University.
Lillis (2014)
Fine, M. L., Mosca, P. J. 1995. A Golgi and Horseradish-Peroxidase Study of the Sonic Motor Nucleus of the Oyster Toadfish. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 45(3): 123-137.
Fine and Mosca (1995)
Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F., Blue, J. E. 2002. Soniferous Fishes of Massachusetts. Listening to Fish: Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Applications of Passive Acoustics to Fisheries, 77-84.
Rountree et al. (2002)
Fine, M. L., Economos, D., Radtke, R., McClung, J. R. 1984. Ontogeny and Sexual Dimorphism of the Sonic Motor Nucleus in the Oyster Toadfish. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 225(1): 105-110.
Fine et al. (1984)
Ricci, S. W., Eggleston, D. B., Bohnenstiehl, D. R., Lillis, A. 2016. Temporal Soundscape Patterns and Processes in an Estuarine Reserve. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 550: 25-38.
Ricci et al. (2016)
Mosharo, K. K. 2014. The Role of Acoustic Signals in Fish Courtship and Challenges in Bioacoustic Fish Research. PhD Dissertation, Boston University.
Mosharo (2014)
Rome, L. C., Syme, D. A., Hollingworth, S., Lindstedt, S. L., Baylor, S. M. 1996. The Whistle and the Rattle: The Design of Sound Producing Muscles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 93(15): 8095-8100.
Rome et al. (1996)
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.
Luczkovich et al. (2016)
Elemans, C. P. H., Mensinger, A. F., Rome, L. C. 2014. Vocal Production Complexity Correlates with Neural instructions in the Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau). Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(11): 1887-1893.
Elemans et al. (2014)
Krahforst, C. S. 2017. Impact of Vessel Noise on Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau) Behavior and Implications for Underwater Noise Management. PhD Dissertation, East Carolina Univeristy.
Krahforst (2017)
Weigel, E. M. 2019. The Biogenic Soundscape: Temporal Patterns of an Estuarine Creek Near Savannah, Georgia. Master's Thesis, Savannah State University.
Weigel (2019)
Putland, R. L., Mackiewicz, A. G., Mensinger, A. F. 2018. Localizing individual Soniferous Fish Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring. Ecological Informatics, 48: 60-68.
Putland et al. (2018)
Fine, M. L. 1983. Frequency Response of the Swimbladder of the Oyster Toadfish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, 74(3): 659-663.
Fine (1983)
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.
Fish (1948)
Burkenroad, M. D. 1931. Notes on the Sound-Producing Marine Fishes of Louisiana. Copeia, 1931(1): 20-28.
Burkenroad (1931)
Perkins, P. J. 2001. Drumming and Chattering Sounds Recorded Underwater in Rhode Island. Northeastern Naturalist, 8(3): 359-370.
Perkins (2001)
Appelt, D., Shen, V., Franzini-Armstrong, C. 1991. Quantitation of Ca ATPase, Feet and Mitochondria in Superfast Muscle Fibres from the Toadfish, Opsanus tau. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 12(6): 543-552.
Appelt et al. (1991)
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.
Smott et al. (2018)
Fine, M. L., Perini, M. A. 1994. Sound Production Evoked by Electrical Stimulation of the forebrain in the Oyster Toadfish. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 174(2): 173-185.
Fine and Perini (1994)
Wirth, C. 2018. Measuring Biotic and Anthropogenic Sounds in Temperate and Tropical Marine Habitats Using Passive Acoustics. Master's Thesis, Stony Brook University.
Wirth (2018)
Winn, H. E. 1972. Acoustic Discrimination by the Toadfish with Comments on Signal Systems. Behavior of Marine Animals, 361-385. Springer, Boston, MA.
Winn (1972)
Anderson, K. A., Rountree, R. A., Juanes, F. 2008. Soniferous Fishes in the Hudson River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 137(2): 616-626.
Anderson et al. (2008)
Fine, M. L., King, T. L., Ali, H., Sidker, N., Cameron, T. M. 2016. Wall Structure and Material Properties Cause Viscous Damping of Swimbladder Sounds in the Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1841).
Fine et al. (2016)
Dobrin, M. B. 1947. Measurements of Underwater Noise Produced by Marine Life. Science, 105(2714): 19-23.
Dobrin (1947)
Wall, C. C., Simard, P., Mann, D. A. 2012. Distribution and Potential Impact of Boat Noise on Fish Sound Production from an Autonomous Acoustic Array in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, eds.), 403-406. Springer, New York, NY.
Wall et al. (2012)
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Fine and Waybright (2015)
Fine, M. L., Malloy, K. L., King, C. B., Mitchell, S. L., Cameron, T. M. 2001. Movement and Sound Generation by the Toadfish Swimbladder. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 187(5): 371-379.
Fine et al. (2001)
Lillis, A., Eggleston, D. B., Bohnenstiehl, D. R. 2014. Estuarine Soundscapes: Distinct Acoustic Characteristics of Oyster Reefs Compared to Soft-Bottom Habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 505: 1-17.
Lillis et al. (2014)
Mitchell, S., Poland, J., Fine, M. L. 2008. Does Muscle Fatigue Limit Advertisement Calling in the Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau? Animal Behaviour, 76(3): 1011-1016.
Mitchell et al. (2008)
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.
Fine, M. L., Keefer, D. A., Leichnetz, G. R. 1982. Testosterone Uptake in the Brainstem of a Sound-Producing Fish. Science, 215(4537): 1265-1267.
Fine et al. (1982)
Fish, M. P., Kelsey, A. S. J., Mowbray, W. H. 1952. Studies on the Production of Underwater Sound by North Atlantic Coastal Fishes. Journal of Marine Research, 11(2): 180-193.
Fish et al. (1952)