Volume 65
The Distribution and Density of Wrasse Mating Sites is Influenced by Fish Feeding Stations
Authors
Donaldson, T., M. Hildebrand Staman, and C. Turner Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2012
Pages: 305 - 306
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Santa Marta
Country: Colombia
Abstract
Various species of wrasses (Labridae) utilize specific sites for courtship and spawning, either in an haremic mating system or temporary, resident spawning aggregations. These sites are usually distributed in discrete locations. At Apra Harbor, Guam, haremic mating sites are distributed along the edge of a reef slope at discrete intervals, are defended by terminal-phase males, and the mating group consists typically of 2-6 females for most species.