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

Edit the description's bibliography


Animalia: Yellowfin Parrotfish (species: Scarus flavipectoralis)

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.

Other references

  • Bellwood, D.R. (1985). The functional morphology, systematics and behavioural ecology of parrotfishes (Family Scaridae), Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 310.
  • Bellwood, D.R. and J.H. Choat (1989). A description of the juvenile phase colour patterns of 24 parrotfish species (Family Scaridae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Records of the Australian Museum, 41: 1-41. LIRS catalog number 264.
  • Bellwood, D.R. and J.H. Choat (1990). A functional analysis of grazing in parrotfishes (family Scaridae): the ecological implications, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 28: 189-214. LIRS catalog number 305.
  • Bonaldo, R.M. (2011). The ecosystem role of parrotfishes on coral reefs, PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1412.
  • Brandl, S.J. and D.R. Bellwood (2013). Morphology, sociality, and ecology: can morphology predict pairing behavior in coral reef fishes? Coral Reefs, 32: 835-836. LIRS catalog number 1718.
  • Burger, M.A.A. and R.D. Adlard (2011). Low host specificity in the Kudoidae (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) including seventeen new host records for Kudoa thalassomi. Folia Parasitologica, 58: 1-16. LIRS catalog number 1389.
  • Ceccarelli, D.M., M.J. Emslie and Z.T. Richards (2016). Post-disturbance stability of fish assemblages measured at coarse taxonomic resolution masks change at finer scales. PLOS One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156232. LIRS catalog number 1971.
  • Choat, J.H., O.S. Klanten, L. Van Herwerden, D.R. Robertson and K.D. Clements (2012). Patterns and processes in the evolutionary history of parrotfishes (Family Labridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107: 529-557. LIRS catalog number 1559.
  • Choat, J.H. and J.E. Randall (1985). A review of the parrotfishes (family Scaridae) of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia with description of a new species, Records of the Australian Museum, 38(4): 175-239. LIRS catalog number 211.
  • Clements, K.D., D.P. German, J. Piche, A. Tribollet and J.H. Choat (2016). Integrating ecological roles and trophic diversification on coral reefs: multiple lines of evidence identify parrotfishes as microphages, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016. LIRS catalog number 2056.
  • Eckes, M., S. Dove, U.E. Siebeck and A.S. Grutter (2015). Fish mucus versus parasitic gnathiid isopods as sources of energy and sunscreens for a cleaner fish, Coral Reefs, 34: 823-833. LIRS catalog number 1912.
  • Eckes, M.J., U.E. Siebeck, S. Dove and A.S. Grutter (2008). Ultraviolet sunscreens in reef fish mucus, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 353: 201-211. LIRS catalog number 1158.
  • Eros, C.M. (1996). Acoustic repertoire in the territorial and courtship behaviour of Stegastes apicalis (Pomacentridae), M.Sc. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 497.
  • Grutter, A.S. (1997). Effect of the removal of cleaner fish on the abundance and species composition of reef fish, Oecologia, 111: 137-143. LIRS catalog number 504.
  • Gust, N. (2000). Multi-scale variability in the demographics and life histories of scarid fishes on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 640.
  • Gust, N. (2002). Scarid biomass on the northern Great Barrier Reef: the influence of exposure, depth and substrata, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 64: 353-366. LIRS catalog number 821.
  • Gust, N., J.H. Choat and M.I. McCormick (2001). Spatial variability in reef fish distribution, abundance, size and biomass: a multi-scale analysis, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 214: 237-251. LIRS catalog number 684.
  • Hoey, A.S. (2010). The ecosystem role of macroalgal browsing fishes on coral reefs. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1415.
  • Hunter, J.A., E. Ingram, R.D. Adlard, R.A. Bray and T.H. Cribb (2010). A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific region, including the description of three new species, Zootaxa, 2652: 17-32. LIRS catalog number 1313.
  • Konow, N., D.R. Bellwood, P.C. Wainwright and A.M. Kerr (2008). Evolution of novel jaw points promote trophic diversity in coral reef fishes, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 93: 545-555. LIRS catalog number 1181.
  • Nash, K.L., N.A.J. Graham and D.R. Bellwood (2013). Fish foraging patterns, vulnerability to fishing, and implications for the management of ecosystem function across scales. Ecological Applications, 23: 1632-1644. LIRS catalog number 1734.
  • 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.
  • Smith, L.L., J.L. Fessler, M.E. Alfaro, J.T. Streelman and M.W. Westneat (2008). Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of regulatory gene sequences in the parrotfishes, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49: 136-152. LIRS catalog number 1209.
  • Streelman, J.T., M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood and S.A. Karl (2002). Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: biogeography, ecomorphology and comparative diversity, Evolution, 56: 961-971. LIRS catalog number 875.
  • Streit, R.P., G.S. Cumming and D.R. Bellwood (2019). Patchy delivery of functions undermines functional redundancy in a high diversity system. Functional Ecology, 33: 1144-1155. LIRS catalog number 2303.
  • Welsh, J.Q. (2014). Spatial ecology of coral reef fishes, PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1846.