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2 Ecosystem Aspects of Species That Aggregate to Spawn
Table 2.2
Planktivorous fi shes reported to feed on eggs of aggregating species at spawning sites located in the Caribbean (C) and Pacifi c (P)
Predators on eggs
ACANTHURIDAE
Acanthurus guttatus
A. lineatus
A. nigrofuscus
A. nigroris
A. triostegus
Ctenochaetus striatus
Zebrasoma scopas
CAESIONIDAE
Caesio teres
LABRIDAE
Thalassoma cupido
T. quinquevittatum
LUTJANIDAE
Lutjanus cyanopterus
L. jocu
MULLIDAE
Parupeneus bifasciatus
SCARIDAE
Chlorurus sordidus
Scarus psittacus
SERRANIDAE
Mycteroperca venenosa
Plectropomus leopardus
BALISTIDAE
Melichthys niger
P
P
P
P
M. vidua
d, i
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
CAESIONIDAE
h
P
Caesio coerulaureus
a
P
P
P
P
C. erythrogaster
a
P
P
P
P
C. lunaris
a
P
P
P
P
Pterocaesio chrysozonus
a
P
P
P
P
CARANGIDAE
Elagatis bipinnulata
b, c, e
C
C
C
DUSSUMIERIDAE
a
P
P
P
P
EPHIPPIDAE
Chaetodipterus faber
b, c
C
C
EXOCOETIDAE
a
P
P
P
P
HEMIRAMPHIDAE
g
P
LABRIDAE
Thalassoma hardwicki
a, i
P
P
P
P
T. amblycephalus
a
P
P
P
P
T. lunare
P
(continued)