R. Grant Gilmore, Jr., Ph.D., a senior scientist with Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc., in Vero Beach has been studying lagoon creatures for decades.

The following is a playlist of fish calls he's recorded in the Indian River Lagoon. All these fish, the Spotted Sea Trout, and Black and Red Drum,  are warm temperate "so expect them to disappear with global warming."

R. Grant Gilmore, Jr., Ph.D., a senior scientist with Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc., in Vero Beach has been studying lagoon creatures for decades.
The following is a playlist of fish calls he's recorded in the Indian River Lagoon. All these fish, the Spotted Sea Trout, and Black and Red Drum,  are warm temperate "so expect them to disappear with global warming."

FLORIDA TODAY Audio

Fish calls in the Indian River Lagoon

Here is a captive Spotted Seatrout calling mates to spawn.

Here is a captive Spotted Seatrout calling mates to spawn.

Spotted Seatrout

This is the loudest fish call recorded from the Lagoon.  Males and females both produce sound and have a conversation.  They do not spawn south of Ft. Pierce on Florida's east coast.


There were large populations at KSC at one time.

This is the loudest fish call recorded from the Lagoon.  Males and females both produce sound and have a conversation.  They do not spawn south of Ft. Pierce on Florida's east coast.
 There were large populations at KSC at one time.

Black Drum

Red drum do not spawn south of KSC.

We call this aggregate call the "freeway sound"

Red drum do not spawn south of KSC. We call this aggregate call the "freeway sound"

Red Drum

This is the most harmonic call in the Lagoon. Dolphin hunt them down based on this call, males only.

This is the most harmonic call in the Lagoon. Dolphin hunt them down based on this call, males only.

Fish calls in the Indian River Lagoon

Follow the podcast:

4 clip(s) in playlist

Fish calls in the Indian River Lagoon

Follow the podcast:

.css-1989ovb{vertical-align:middle;}.css-xs2b35{display:inline-block;-webkit-flex:none;-ms-flex:none;flex:none;width:4px;}4 clip(s) in playlist

4 clip(s) in playlist