The Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus Undulatus: Synopsis of a Threatened and Poorly Known Giant Coral Reef Fish

Y Sadovy, M Kulbicki, P Labrosse, Y Letourneur… - Reviews in fish Biology …, 2003 - Springer
The humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, is the largest living member of the family
Labridae, with a maximum size exceeding 2 m and 190 kg. Its geographic range covers …

Visual versus video methods for estimating reef fish biomass

SK Wilson, NAJ Graham, TH Holmes, MA MacNeil… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Estimates of fish biomass collated at the community level are reliable indicators of fish and
ecosystem health. Data to calculate fish biomass is routinely collected using either …

Ecosystem aspects of species that aggregate to spawn

RS Nemeth - Reef fish spawning aggregations: Biology, research …, 2011 - Springer
A wide diversity of species form spawning aggregations and migrate from home ranges or
feeding sites to specific locations for reproduction. Because most of these species comprise …

Spatial ecology of Nassau grouper at home reef sites: using acoustic telemetry to track a large, long-lived epinephelid across multiple years (2005-2008)

KM Blincow, PG Bush, SA Heppell, CM McCoy… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
Characterizing the behavior of coral reef fishes at home reef sites can provide insight into
the mechanisms of spatial ecology and provide a framework for spatial resource …

Biology of exploited groupers (Epinephelidae family) around La Réunion Island (Indian Ocean)

K Mahe, C Gentil, B Brisset, H Evano… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The groupers (Epinephelidae family) are demersal species that are a vulnerable resource
due to increasing fishing pressure around Reunion Island. Five species of groupers are …

Quantifying the rare: Baselines for the endangered Napoleon Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, and implications for conservation

Y Sadovy de Mitcheson, SR Suharti… - … Marine and Freshwater …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Napoleon wrasse, an endangered fish (Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendix II, 2004), is a valuable …

Patterns of migration between feeding and spawning sites in a coral reef surgeonfish

JAB Claydon, MI McCormick, GP Jones - Coral reefs, 2012 - Springer
Many coral reef fishes exhibit regular localised migrations between feeding and spawning
areas, but the factors affecting these migration patterns, such as the distance, frequency and …

Long-lived groupers require structurally stable reefs in the face of repeated climate change disturbances

R Karkarey, N Kelkar, AS Lobo, T Alcoverro, R Arthur - Coral Reefs, 2014 - Springer
Benthic recovery from climate-related disturbances does not always warrant a
commensurate functional recovery for reef-associated fish communities. Here, we examine …

Status of Napoleon wrasse in Laamu Atoll, Maldives, after three decades of protection

P Roe, AS Hashim, V Evans… - Endangered Species …, 2022 - int-res.com
The Napoleon or humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus is a large, globally threatened
coral reef fish. In recognition of suspected declines and considering its ecotourism …

[PDF][PDF] Review of Grouper Fishery of the Maldives with additional notes on the Faafu Atoll Fishery

SA Sattar, MS Adam - 2005 - saruna.mnu.edu.mv
Targeted fishing for groupers in the Maldives started in 1994 as a response to a request from
an Asian buyer. An organized fishery rapidly established starting from Faafu Atoll. Initially …