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this phenomenon and whether it is unique to serranids 

 will remain unknown. 



Acknowledgments 



Thanks to C. Palmer and B. Walling for invaluable help 

 in the field and lab. J. Brusher, J. Mikulas, C. Mangum, 

 D. Harris, and many other coworkers, interns, and volun- 

 teers also helped collect and process samples. C. Gledhill 

 provided size data from the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service (NMFS) reef fish video survey. R. Dixon provided 

 data from the NMFS headboat survey. P. Hood provided 

 raw data from his Marine Fisheries Initiative study on 

 red porgy. J. Travis, C. Grimes, C. Koenig, and D. Levi- 

 tan provided helpful review and comments. 



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