547
12 Species Case Studies
Brad Erisman, personal observation). Commercial fi shers target these aggregations
using nighttime hookah fi shing and gillnets (Chap. 8 , Fig. 8.5).
Triggerfi shes generally are of minor commercial importance. Many are good to
eat, but ciguatera poisoning is a concern in some areas. They can be ecologically
important, since many are very common and some eat algae and zooplankton, as
well as preying on fi sh eggs.
References
Adams S, Mapstone BD, Russ GR, Davies C (2000) Geographic variation in the sex ratio, sex
specifi c size, and age structure of Plectropomus leopardus (Serranidae) between reefs open and
closed to fi shing on the Great Barrier Reef. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 57:1448–1458
Aguilar-Perera A (2006) Disappearance of a Nassau grouper spawning aggregation off the southern Mexican Caribbean coast. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 327:289–296
Aguilar-Perera A, Aguilar-Dávila W (2007) A spawning aggregation of Nassau grouper
Epinephelus striatus (Pisces: Serranidae) in the Mexican Caribbean. Environ Biol Fish
45:351–361
Aguilar-Perera A, González-Salas C, Villegas-Hernández H (2009) Fishing, management, and
conservation of the Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus , in the Mexican Caribbean. Gulf
Caribb Fish Inst 61:313–319
Albins MA, Hixon MA, Sadovy Y (2009) Threatened fi shes of the world: Epinephelus striatus
(Bloch, 1792) (Serranidae). Environ Biol Fish 86(2)
Alfaro ME, Brock CD, Banbury BL, Wainwright PC (2009) Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversifi cation in labrid fi shes? BMC Evol Biol 9:255
Allen GR, Talbot FH (1985) Review of the snappers of the genus Lutjanus (Pisces: Lutjanidae)
from the Indo-Pacifi c, with the description of a new species. Indo Pac Fish 11:1–87
Fig. 12.80 Schools of Melichthys niger above shelf edge reef at Peleliu Island, Palau (Photo:
Patrick L. Colin)
12 Species Case Studies
Brad Erisman, personal observation). Commercial fi shers target these aggregations
using nighttime hookah fi shing and gillnets (Chap. 8 , Fig. 8.5).
Triggerfi shes generally are of minor commercial importance. Many are good to
eat, but ciguatera poisoning is a concern in some areas. They can be ecologically
important, since many are very common and some eat algae and zooplankton, as
well as preying on fi sh eggs.
References
Adams S, Mapstone BD, Russ GR, Davies C (2000) Geographic variation in the sex ratio, sex
specifi c size, and age structure of Plectropomus leopardus (Serranidae) between reefs open and
closed to fi shing on the Great Barrier Reef. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 57:1448–1458
Aguilar-Perera A (2006) Disappearance of a Nassau grouper spawning aggregation off the southern Mexican Caribbean coast. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 327:289–296
Aguilar-Perera A, Aguilar-Dávila W (2007) A spawning aggregation of Nassau grouper
Epinephelus striatus (Pisces: Serranidae) in the Mexican Caribbean. Environ Biol Fish
45:351–361
Aguilar-Perera A, González-Salas C, Villegas-Hernández H (2009) Fishing, management, and
conservation of the Nassau Grouper, Epinephelus striatus , in the Mexican Caribbean. Gulf
Caribb Fish Inst 61:313–319
Albins MA, Hixon MA, Sadovy Y (2009) Threatened fi shes of the world: Epinephelus striatus
(Bloch, 1792) (Serranidae). Environ Biol Fish 86(2)
Alfaro ME, Brock CD, Banbury BL, Wainwright PC (2009) Does evolutionary innovation in pharyngeal jaws lead to rapid lineage diversifi cation in labrid fi shes? BMC Evol Biol 9:255
Allen GR, Talbot FH (1985) Review of the snappers of the genus Lutjanus (Pisces: Lutjanidae)
from the Indo-Pacifi c, with the description of a new species. Indo Pac Fish 11:1–87
Fig. 12.80 Schools of Melichthys niger above shelf edge reef at Peleliu Island, Palau (Photo:
Patrick L. Colin)