DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

HAEMULIDAE (SWEETLIPS)

Sweetlips are large, thick-lipped, nocturnal predators of benthic invertebrates.  They lack canine teeth and tend to have smaller scales than do snappers.  Sweetlips are relatively easy to spear and have become scarce in shallow water around Guam.

Plectorhynchus orientalis (Bloch)
Plectorhynchus lineatus (Linnaeus)