Reef fish life history, 1995 - 2010 (MTSRF 4.8.3, JCU)

Brief description

This data set contains life history data from 46 species of coral reef fish from four families (see list below). The data and samples on which these analyses are based were collected as part of the Effects of Line Fishing Project and the East Torres Strait Coral Reef Fishery Project. Species included in this data set include:

Labridae: Cheilinus undulatus, Choerodon cyanodus, C. fasciatus, C. schoenleinii, C. venustus

Lethrinidae: Lethrinus atkinsoni, L. lentjan, L. nebulosus, L. olivaceus

Lutjanidae: Aprion virescens, Lutjanus adetii, L. carponotatus, L. fulviflamma, L. gibbus, L. vitta, Symphorus nematophorus

Serranidae: Aethaloperca rogaa, Anyperodon leucogrammicus, Cephalopholis argus, C. boenak, C. cyanostigma, C. microprion, C. miniata, C. sexmaculatus, C. sonnerati, C. urodeta, Epinephelus corillicola, E. cyanopodus, E. fasciatus, E. fuscoguttatus, E. heagonatus, E. howlandi, E. maculatus, E. merra, E. microspilus, E. ongus, E. polyphekadion, E. quoyanus, E. tauvina, Variola albimarginata, V. louti


Data Units:

Length and age frequency, length-weight relationships, von Bertalanffy growth functions, length and age at maturity, length and age at sex change, total mortality (from catch curves), spawning season, reproductive cycles. Not all data are available for all species.

Full description

Mapleston, A., Currey, L.M., Williams, A.J., Pears, R., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Penny, A.L., Tobin, A. and Welch, D. (2009) Comparative biology of key inter-reefal serranid species on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Milestone Report to the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (55pp.). [PDF 939 kB] -
Currey, L. M. and Simpfendorfer, C. (2009) Comparative biology of key inter-reefal labrid species on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Milestone Report to the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (20pp.). [PDF 1.3 MB] -
Currey, L.M., Williams, A.J., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Ballagh, A.C. and Penny, A.L. (2009) Comparative biology of key inter-reefal lethrinid species on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Milestone Report to the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (29pp.). [PDF 1.7 MB] -
Heupel, M. R., Currey, L. M., Williams, A. J., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Ballagh, A. C. and Penny, A. L. (2009) The Comparative Biology of Lutjanid Species on the Great Barrier Reef. Project Milestone Report. Report to the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (30pp.). [PDF 733 kB] -