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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Ophidiiformes
Family:
Ophidiidae
Subfamily:
Ophidiinae
Genus:
Ophidion
Species:
rochei
Climates:
Temperate
Subtropical
Waters:
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Description
Sound Name: Snap
Citable References
Picciulin et al. (2019)
Kéver, L., Lejeune, P., Michel, L. N., Parmentier, E. 2016. Passive Acoustic Recording of Ophidion rochei Calling Activity in Calvi Bay (France). Marine Ecology, 37(6): 1315-1324.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
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Passive Feeding
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Morphophysiological
Auditory
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Kéver, L., Boyle, K. S., Dragičević, B., Dulčić, J., Parmentier, E. 2014. A Superfast Muscle in the Complex Sonic Apparatus of Ophidion rochei (Ophidiiformes): Histological and Physiological Approaches. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(19): 3432-3440.
Picciulin, M., Kéver, L., Parmentier, E., Bolgan, M. 2019. Listening to the Unseen: Passive Acoustic Monitoring Reveals the Presence of a Cryptic Fish Species. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(2): 202-210.
Kéver, L., Boyle, K. S., Bolen, G., Dragičević, B., Dulčić, J., Parmentier, E. 2014. Modifications in Call Characteristics and Sonic Apparatus Morphology during Puberty in Ophidion rochei (Actinopterygii: Ophidiidae). Journal of Morphology, 275(6): 650-660.
Bolgan, M., Gervaise, C., Di Iorio, L., Lossent, J., Lejeune, P., Raick, X., Parmentier, E. 2020. Fish Biophony in a Mediterranean Submarine Canyon. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147(4): 2466-2477.
Kéver, L., Boyle, K. S., Dragičević, B., Dulčić, J., Casadevall, M., Parmentier, E. 2012. Sexual Dimorphism of Sonic Apparatus and Extreme intersexual Variation of Sounds in Ophidion rochei (Ophidiidae): First Evidence of a Tight Relationship between Morphology and Sound Characteristics in Ophidiidae. Frontiers in Zoology, 9(34).
Burchardt, L. S., Picciulin, M., Parmentier, E., Bolgan, M. 2021. A Primer on Rhythm Quantification for Fish Sounds: A Mediterranean Case Study. Royal Society Open Science, 8(9).
Ceraulo, M., Papale, E., Caruso, F., Filiciotto, F., Grammauta, R., Parisi, I., Mazzola, S., Farina, A., Buscaino, G. 2018. Acoustic Comparison of a Patchy Mediterranean Shallow Water Seascape: Posidonia oceanica Meadow and Sandy Bottom Habitats. Ecological Indicators, 85: 1030-1043.
Desiderà, E., Guidetti, P., Panzalis, P., Navone, A., Valentini-Poirrier, C.-A., Boissery, P., Gervaise, C., Di Iorio, L. 2019. Acoustc Fish Communities: Sound Diversity of Rocky Habitats Reflects Fish Species Diversity. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 608: 183-197.
Kéver, L., Boyle, K. S., Parmentier, E. 2015. Effects of Seawater Temperature on Sound Characteristics in Ophidion rochei (Ophidiidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 87(2): 502-509.
La Manna, G., Picciulin, M., Crobu, A., Perretti, F., Ronchetti, F., Manghi, M., Ruiu, A., Ceccherelli, G. 2021. Marine Soundscape and Fish Biophony of a Mediterranean Marine Protected Area. PeerJ, 9.
Bolgan, M., Amorim, M. C. P., Fonseca, P. J., Di Iorio, L., Parmentier, E. 2018. Acoustic Complexity of Vocal Fish Communities: A Field and Controlled Validation. Scientific Reports, 8(10559).
Parmentier, E., Bouillac, G., Dragičević, B., Dulčić, J., Fine, M. 2010. Call Properties and Morphology of the Sound-Producing Organ in Ophidion rochei (Ophidiidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 213(18): 3230-3236.
Di Iorio, L., Audax, M., Deter, J., Holon, F., Lossent, J., Gervaise, C., Boissery, P. 2021. Biogeography of Acoustic Biodiversity of NW Mediterranean Coralligenous Reefs. Scientific Reports, 11(16991).