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Appendix: Species That Form Spawning Aggregations
Section B
Probable spawning aggregation – determined by indirect methods (fi sheries data,
observation of groupings underwater).
Family
Location Type
Pair? First record
Genus and species
Carangidae (planktonic) b
Caranx bartholomaei
A
U
–
Graham and Castellanos ( 2005 ) b
Caranx hippos
A
U
–
Heyman and Kjerfve ( 2008 ) b
Caranx ignobilis
P
T?
von Westernhagen ( 1974 )
Caranx latus
A
U
–
Heyman and Kjerfve ( 2008 ) b
Caranx ruber
A
U
–
Heyman and Kjerfve ( 2008 ) b
Caranx sexfasciatus
P
U
–
Sala et al. ( 2003 ) b, c
Decapterus macarellus
A
U
–
Whaylen et al. ( 2004 ) a
Seriola lalandi
EP
U
–
Sala et al. ( 2003 ) b
Trachinotus falcatus
A
U
–
Graham and Castellanos ( 2005 ) b
Centropomidae (planktonic)
Lates calcarifer
P
T
–
Moore and Reynolds ( 1982 )
Labridae (planktonic)
Lachnolaimus maximus
A
R
–
Colin ( 1982 ) a
Lutjanidae (planktonic)
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
P
U
–
Johannes ( 1981 ) a
Lutjanus argentiventris
P
U
–
Sala et al. ( 2003 )
Lutjanus griseus
A
T
–
Domeier et al. ( 1996 ) a
Lutjanus rivulatus
P
U
–
Hamilton ( 2003 )
Muraenidae (planktonic)
Gymnothorax herrei
P
U
–
Ferraris ( 1985 )
Serranidae (planktonic)
Epinephelus itajara
A
T
–
Bullock et al. ( 1992 ) a
Plectropomus laevis
P
T
–
unpub (PLC, YSM)
Siganidae
Siganus guttatus
P
U
–
Daw (2004)
Siganus puellus
P
U
–
Moyer unpublished MS a
Siganus randalli
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Siganus spinus
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Siganus vermiculatus
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Siganus virgatus
P
T
–
Moyer unpublished MS
Siganus vulpinus
P
T
–
Moyer unpublished MS