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Appendix: Species That Form Spawning Aggregations
Section C
Possible spawning aggregation – confi rmation needed (interview or other anecdotal
records mostly).
Family
Location Type
Pair?
First record
Genus and species
Acanthuridae (planktonic)
Acanthurus mata
P
U
–
Johannes ( 1981 )
Naso literatus
P
U
–
Johannes et al. ( 1999 ) a
Naso lopezi
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Naso unicornis
P
U
–
Johannes et al. ( 1999 )
Carangidae (planktonic)
Caranx tille
P
U
–
Hamilton ( 2003 ) ?
Elopidae (planktonic)
Megalops atlanticus
A
U
–
Crabtree ( 1995 )
Gerridae (planktonic)
Gerres sp.
P
U
–
Johannes and Yeeting ( 2001 )
Kyphosidae (planktonic)
Kyphosus bigibbus
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Kyphosus cinerascens
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Kyphosus vaigensis
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Scaridae
Chlorurus frontalis
P
R
Y
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Chlorurus microrhinos
P
R
Y
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Labridae (planktonic)
Choerodon anchorago
P
U
–
Johannes ( 1981 )
Thalassoma duperrey
P
U
Y
Sancho et al. ( 2000b )
Lethrinidae (planktonic)
Lethrinus harak
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Lethrinus miniata
P
U
–
Sadovy ( 2007 )
Lethrinus olivaceus
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Lethrinus xanthochilus
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Monotaxis grandoculis
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Lutjanidae (planktonic)
Lutjanus decussatus
P
U
Nanami et al. ( 2010 )
Lutjanus gibbus
P
U
–
Johannes ( 1981 ) a
Macolor niger
P
U
–
unpub (PLC)
Ocyurus chrysurus
P
U
–
Garcia-Cagide et al. ( 2001 )
Mugilidae (planktonic)
Chelon macrolepis
P
U
–
Johannes and Yeeting ( 2001 )
Liza vaigiensis
P
U
–
Johannes ( 1981 ) a
Neomyxus leuciscus
P
U
–
Rhodes ( 2003 )
Valamugil seheli
P
U
–
Johannes and Yeeting ( 2001 )
(continued)