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

MUGILIDAE (MULLETS)

Mullets have blunt snouts and small mouths with tiny teeth adapted for feeding on fine algal and detrital material of bottom sediments.  They generally occur in schools in shallow, turbid, brackish waters or along sandy shorelines and reef flats.  Juveniles are harvested by throw net, adults by gill net.  They are commercially important, and some species are well suited for low-salinity aquaculture.  At least four species occur at Guam.

Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker)
Crenimugil crenilabis (Forrskål)
Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard)
Neomyxus leuciscus (Günther)