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

Edit the description's bibliography


Animalia: Honeyhead Damsel (species: Dischistodus prosopotaenia)

References that assist with identification

  • 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

  • Bay, L.K. (1999). Interactions among the territorial behaviour, spatial distribution and habitat use of four congeneric damselfishes (Dischistodus: Pomacentridae), Honours thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 603.
  • Bay, L.K., G.P. Jones and M.I. McCormick (2001). Habitat selection and aggression as determinants of spatial segregation among damselfish on a coral reef, Coral Reefs, 20: 289-298. LIRS catalog number 721.
  • Caley, M.J. (1991). Mechanisms of coexistence in communities of coral-reef fishes, Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. LIRS catalog number 307.
  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Community dynamics of tropical reef fishes: local patterns between latitudes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 7-18. LIRS catalog number 447.
  • Caley, M.J. (1995). Reef fish community structure and dynamics: in interaction between local and larger-scale processes? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 129: 19-29. LIRS catalog number 448.
  • Cooper, W.J., L.L. Smith and M.W. Westneat (2009). Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52: 1-16. LIRS catalog number 1221.
  • Crook, A.C. (1997). Behavioural patterns and the significance of colour patterns in reef fishes of the family Scaridae, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 531.
  • Crook, A.C. (1999). A quantitative analysis of the relationship between interspecific encounters, schooling behaviour and colouration in juvenile parrotfish (family Scaridae), Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 33: 1-19. LIRS catalog number 755.
  • Elliott, J.P. and D.R. Bellwood (2003). Alimentary tract morphology and diet in three coral reef fish families, Journal of Fish Biology, 63: 1598-1609. LIRS catalog number 876.
  • Feary, D.A. (2007). The influence of coral degradation on tropical fish community structure, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1298.
  • Feary, D.A., G.R. Almany, M.I. McCormick, and G.P. Jones (2007). Habitat choice, recruitment and the response of coral reef fishes to coral degradation, Oecologia, 153: 727-737. LIRS catalog number 1052.
  • Fisher, R. (2002). The functional capabilities of reef fish larvae: implications for dispersal during the pelagic phase, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 793.
  • Fisher, R., J.M. Leis, D.L. Clark and S.K. Wilson (2005). Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species, among species and between locations, Marine Biology, 147: 1202-1212. LIRS catalog number 934.
  • Fisher, R. and S.K. Wilson (2004). Maximum sustainable swimming speeds of late-stage larvae of nine species of reef fishes, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 312: 171-186. LIRS catalog number 865.
  • Green, A.L. (1992). Damselfish territories: focal sites for studies of the early life history of labroid fishes, "Proceedings of the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam".1, : 601-605. LIRS catalog number 384.
  • Green, A.L. (1994). The early life history of labroid fishes at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville. LIRS catalog number 426.
  • Green, A.L. (1998). Spatio-temporal patterns of recruitment of labroid fishes (Pisces: Labridae and Scaridae) to damselfish territories, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 51: 235-244. LIRS catalog number 527.
  • Hoey, A.S. (2010). The ecosystem role of macroalgal browsing fishes on coral reefs. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1415.
  • Hoey, A.S. and D.R. Bellwood (2010). Damselfish territories as a refuge for macroalgae on coral reefs, Coral Reefs, 29: 107-118. LIRS catalog number 1288.
  • Holbrook, S.J., R.J. Schmitt, V. Messmer, A.J. Brooks, M. Srinivasan, P.L. Munday and G.P. Jones (2015). Reef fishes in biodiversity hotspots are at greatest risk from loss of coral species, PLOS One, doi10.1371/journal.pone.0124054. LIRS catalog number 1915.
  • Johansen, J.L., C.J. Fulton and D.R. Bellwood (2007). Estimating the sustained swimming ability of coral reef fishes, Marine and Freshwater Research, 58: 233-239. LIRS catalog number 1203.
  • Komyakova, V. (2009). Habitat characteristics as determinants of the local diversity and structure of coral reef fish communities, Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1302.
  • Leis, J.M. and D.L. Clark (2005). Feeding greatly enhances swimming endurance of settlement-stage reef-fish larvae of damselfishes (Pomacentridae), Ichthyological Research, 52: 185-188. LIRS catalog number 923.
  • Leis, J.M., H.P.A. Sweatman and S.E. Reader (1996). What the pelagic stages of coral reef fishes are doing out in blue water: daytime field observations of larval behavioural capabilities, Marine and Freshwater Research, 47: 401-411. LIRS catalog number 470.
  • Leis, J.M. and R. Fisher (2006). Swimming speed of settlement-stage reef-fish larvae measured in the laboratory and in the field: a comparison of critical speed and in situ speed. "Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium". : 438-445. LIRS catalog number 1513.
  • Meekan, M.G., A.D.L. Steven and M.J. Fortin (1995). Spatial patterns in the distribution of damselfishes on a fringing coral reef, Coral Reefs, 14: 151-161. LIRS catalog number 668.
  • Siebeck, U.E. (2002). UV vision and visual ecology of reef fish, Ph.D. thesis, University of Queensland. LIRS catalog number 754.
  • Simpson, S.D., A.N. Radford, S. Holles, M.C.O. Ferarri, D.P. Chivers, M.I. McCormick and M.G. Meekan (2016). Small-boat noise impacts natural settlement behavior of coral reef fish larvae. in: The effects of noise on aquatic life II. Popper, A.N. and A. Hawkins (Eds.). Springer Science and Business Media, New York. LIRS catalog number 2013.
  • Stieb, S.M, F. Cortesi, L. Sueess, K.L. Carleton, W. Salzburger and N.J. Marshall (2017). Why UV vision and red vision are important for damselfish (Pomacentridae): structural and expression variation in opsin genes, Molecular Ecology, 26: 1323-1342. LIRS catalog number 2104.
  • Stobutzki, I.C. (1998). Interspecific variation in sustained swimming ability of late pelagic stage reef fish from two families (Pomacentridae and Chaetodontidae), Coral Reefs, 17: 111-119. LIRS catalog number 539.
  • Webster, M.S. (2002). Role of predators in the early post-settlement demography of coral-reef fishes, Oecologia, 131: 52-60. LIRS catalog number 731.
  • Webster, M.S. and G.R. Almany (2002). Positive indirect effects in a coral reef fish community, Ecology Letters, 5: 549-557. LIRS catalog number 741.