Habitat association and depth distribution of two sympatric groupers of the genus Cephalopholis (Serranidae: Epinephelinae)

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-193

  Donaldson, Terry J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coral reef fish; Groupers; Habitat; Microhabitats; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CEPHALOPHOLIS; CEPHALOPHOLIS SPILOPARAEA; CEPHALOPHOLIS URODETA; EPINEPHELINAE; PORITES; PORITES RUS; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0036588011     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102280200025     Document Type: Article

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