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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
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SERRANIDAE (GROUPERS)
Groupers are among the
least specialized of reef fishes, lacking peculiarities useful for
immediate recognition. In general they are robust-bodied,
bottom-oriented carnivores with representatives on shallow reef
flats to depths of 200 m or more. Many are hermaphrodites,
starting their mature life as females before changing to males.
At least 41 species occur in the Marianas. Those in
the subfamily Epinephelinae are large-mouthed, robust bottom-dwellers
that are highly valued for food. Some of the larger species
may be ciguatoxic in certain parts of their range. The subfamily
Anthiinae includes numerous small, brilliantly hued planktivores
that aggregate in the water above current-swept dropoffs as well
as deeper-dwelling species found at depths of 100 to 200 m or more.
Pseudanthias
pleurotaenia (Bleeker)
Cephalopholis
argus (Schneider)
Cephalopholis
urodeta (Forster)
Epinephelus
fasciatus (Forsskål)
Epinephelus
hexagonatus (Forster)
Epinephelus
polyphekadion (Bleeker)
Epinephelus
lanceolatus (Bloch)
Plectropomus
laevis (Lacepède)
Variola louti
(Forsskål)
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