Edit the description's bibliography (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Edit the description's bibliography


Animalia: Bluefin Trevally (species: Caranx melampygus)

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Other references

  • Graham, R.T. and D.W. Castellanos (2005). Courtship and spawning behaviors of carangid species in Belize, Fishery Bulletin, 103: 426-432. LIRS catalog number 90033.
  • Holland, K.N., C.G. Lowe and B.M. Wetherbee (2007). Movements and dispersal patterns of blue trevally (Caranx melampygus) in a fisheries conservation zone, Fisheries Research, 25: 279-292. LIRS catalog number 90038.
  • Moriwake, A.M., V.N. Moriwake, A.C. Ostrowski and C-S Lee (2001). Natural spawning of the bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus in captivity, Aquaculture, 203: 159-164. LIRS catalog number 90040.
  • Richardson, L.E., N.A.J. Graham, M.S. Pratchett, J.G. Eurich and A.S. Hoey (2018). Mass coral bleaching causes biotic homogeniszation of reef fish assemblages. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.14119. LIRS catalog number 2200.
  • Robertson, D.R. (1983). On the spawning behavior and spawning cycles of eight surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae) from the Indo-Pacific, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 9(3/4): 193-223. LIRS catalog number 54.
  • Sancho, G. (2000). Predatory behaviours of Caranx melampygus (Carangidae) feeding on spawning reef fishes: a novel ambushing strategy, Bulletin of Marine Science, 66: 487-496. LIRS catalog number 90039.
  • Smith, G.C. and J.D. Parrish (2002). Estuaries as nurseries for the jacks Caranx ignobilis and Caranx melampygus (Carangidae) in Hawaii, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 55: 347-359. LIRS catalog number 90036.
  • Stewart, B.D. (1998). Interactions between piscivorous coral reef fishes and their prey, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Australia. LIRS catalog number 593.
  • Stewart, B.D. and G.P. Jones (2001). Associations between the abundance of piscivorous fishes and their prey on coral reefs: implications for prey-fish mortality, Marine Biology, 138(2): 383-397. LIRS catalog number 670.