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J.H. Choat
Table 4.8
(continued)
Abundance
estimate
Spawning mode
Taxon
Egg development
mode
Mean size
cm FL
Species
richness
Diet; %
carnivory
Individual/
10 m
2
Pair
Group
Migration
Carangidae
Pelagic
73.5
130
100
0.31
?
–
T
Haemulidae
Pelagic
50
204
95
0.35
?
–
?
Data sources: Size
Author Froese and Pauly (
2010 ) ; Species richness
Eschmeyer and Fong ( 2010 ) ; Abundance
Ackerman and Bellwood ( 2000 ) , Author
Unpublished; Spawning mode
SCRFA data base ( 2009 ) . Diet analyses
Hiatt and Strasberg ( 1960 ) , Randall ( 1967 ) , Suyehiro ( 1942 ) . Estimates for Pomacentrids
and Wrasses adjusted for tropical species only
Note: Haemulid size estimates refl ect the very large size of Indo-Pacifi c species of Plectorhynchus
a
Families that contain species that aggregate to spawn (Table 4.3 )
J.H. Choat
Table 4.8
(continued)
Abundance
estimate
Spawning mode
Taxon
Egg development
mode
Mean size
cm FL
Species
richness
Diet; %
carnivory
Individual/
10 m
2
Pair
Group
Migration
Carangidae
Pelagic
73.5
130
100
0.31
?
–
T
Haemulidae
Pelagic
50
204
95
0.35
?
–
?
Data sources: Size
Author Froese and Pauly (
2010 ) ; Species richness
Eschmeyer and Fong ( 2010 ) ; Abundance
Ackerman and Bellwood ( 2000 ) , Author
Unpublished; Spawning mode
SCRFA data base ( 2009 ) . Diet analyses
Hiatt and Strasberg ( 1960 ) , Randall ( 1967 ) , Suyehiro ( 1942 ) . Estimates for Pomacentrids
and Wrasses adjusted for tropical species only
Note: Haemulid size estimates refl ect the very large size of Indo-Pacifi c species of Plectorhynchus
a
Families that contain species that aggregate to spawn (Table 4.3 )