Parrotfishes rove over the reefs to feed. Using their beaklike oral jaws, they remove algae along with portions of the substratum, leaving visible bite marks. This grazing have been recorded on coral reefs surrounding the Europa Island in 2018. This recording have been processed to help listeners focus on the grazing sound by filtering out some snapping shrimps for example. A raw version is also available: https://soundcloud.com/reefpulse/parrotfish-raw

Parrotfish grazing on Europa Island in 2018 - Processed version

Connaissez-vous l’écoacoustique ? C’est la discipline qui étudie l’ensemble d’un paysage par le son. Pour Jérôme Sueur, chercheur et auteur d’une Histoire naturelle du silence (Actes Sud, 2023), c’est autant une aventure scientifique qu’une quête existentielle, au cours de laquelle, pour une fois, l’homme s’efface afin d’entendre le monde. Nous avons tendu l’oreille en sa compagnie dans le parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura où il a posé ses enregistreurs.
➤ https://www.philomag.com/articles/une-foret-sur-ecoute

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Forêt Du Risoux, PNR Haut - Jura

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This is a short extract of a longer recording of an Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) at Nirvana Sur, off the southern coast of the island of San Andres (Caribbean Colombia). Acropora palmata is an important reef-building coral in the Caribbean.

The fish spotted around that coral were Acanthurus bahianus (Cirujanos / Surgeonfish); Sparisoma viride (Loro brilloso / Stoplight parrotfish) and Chaetodon capistratus (Pez mariposa de cuatro ojos / Foureye butterflyfish)

Thank you to the team of Blue Indigo Foundation, especially Gyssel and Maria Fernanda for enabling me to record this.

Recorded on the hydrophone Aquarian Audio H2D: aquarianaudio.com/h2d-hydrophone.html

Coral sounds / Acropora palmata

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Parrotfish grazing on Europa Island in 2018 - Processed version

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