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| Sound produced | tested with inconclusive results |
| Type of sound produced | croaks |
| Sound production organ | swim bladder with drumming muscles in males only & pharyngeal teeth in close proximity to swim bladder in both sexes (similar to Cynoscion regalis) |
| Sound mechanism | unspecified, but probably similar to Cynoscion regalis |
| Behavioural context | probably spontaneous sound production (croaking), could be one ot the unidentified, scianeid-type choruses recorded in coastal NW Atlantic |
| Reference | Fish, M.P. and W.H. Mowbray, 1970 |
| Remark | no recordings available due to poor conditions of experimental animals, but sound production has been reported by fishermen |