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Table 2.1
Piscivorous fi shes reported to attack and occasionally consume adults at spawning aggregation sites located in the Caribbean (C) and Pacifi c (P)
Predators on adults
ACANTHURIDAE
Acanthurus guttatus
A. lineatus
A. nigrofuscus
A. nigroris
A. triostegus
Ctenochaetus striatus
C. strigosus
Naso literatus
Zebrasoma fl avescens
LABRIDAE
Thalassoma cupido
MUGILIDAE
Crenimugil melampygus
SCARIDAE
Chlorurus sordidus
Scarus psittacus
Sparisoma rubripinne
SERRANIDAE
Epinephelus guttatus
E. polyphekadion
AULOSTOMIDAE
P
Aulostomus chinensis
f
P
BELONIDAE
P
CARANGIDAE
Caranx melampygus
a, d, g, h
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Scomberomorus cavalla
c
C
CARCHARHINIDAE
Carcharhinus
amblyrhynchos
b
P
P
C. melanopterus
a
P
LABRIDAE
Cheilio inermis
f
P
LUTJANIDAE
Aphareus furca
d
P
P
P
P
P
Lutjanus bohar
a, h
P
P
L. cyanopterus
e
C
MURAENIDAE
Gymnothorax eurostus
f
P
G. moringa
e
C