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Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Zeiformes
Family:
Zeidae
Genus:
Zeus
Species:
faber
Common:
John dory
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Polar
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Southeast
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Mediterranean and Black Sea
Onuki, A., Somiya, H. 2007. Innervation of Sonic Muscles in Teleosts: Occipital vs. Spinal Nerves. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 69(2): 132-141.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Radford, C. A., Putland, R. L., Mensinger, A. F. 2018. Barking Mad: The Vocalisation of the John Dory, Zeus faber. PLoS ONE, 13(10).
Dufossé, L. 1874. Recherches sur les Bruits et les Sons Expressifs Que Font Entendre les Poissons d’Europe et sur les Organes Producteurs de ces Phénomènes Acoustiques ainsi que sur les Appareils de L'Audition de Plusieurs de ces Animaux. Imprimerie de E. Martinet, Paris, France.
Putland, R. L., Constantine, R., Radford, C. A. 2017. Exploring Spatial and Temporal Trends in the Soundscape of an Ecologically Significant Embayment. Scientific Reports, 7(5713).
Onuki, A., Somiya, H. 2004. Two Types of Sounds and Additional Spinal Nerve innervation to the Sonic Muscle in John Dory, Zeus faber (Zeiformes: Teleostei). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84(4): 843-850.