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  • 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.
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  • Wilson, S.K. (2001). Multiscale habitat associations of detrivorous blennies (Blenniidae: Salariini), Coral Reefs, 20: 245-251. LIRS catalog number 688.
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