PREDATORS 



To understand djmamics of life on a reef, some knowledge about 

 predator-prey relationships is essential. Pages 27, 28, 29 and 30 

 are a listing of fishes and invertebrates in Lameshur Bay and some 

 of their known predators, based principally on data obtained by 

 De Sylva (1963), Randall (1964, 1967), and Randall, Schoroeder and 

 Starck (1964). 



Plant-eating Species 

 Fishes 

 Abudefduf saxatilis 



Acanthurus sp. 



Acanthurus sp . , 



juvenile and larval 



Acanthurus b ah i anus 



Acanthurus bahianus , larval 

 Acanthurus coeruleus 

 Acanthurus coeruleus , juvenile 



Alutera scripta 

 Balistes vetula 



Predators 



Myctoperca venenosa (yellowf in 



grouper) ; Petrometopon cruentatum 

 (graysby) . 



Ginglymos toma cirratum (nurse shark) ; 

 Dasyatis amerlcana (sting-ray) ; 

 Tylosurus crocodilis (houndf ish) ; 

 Aulostomus maculatus (trumpetf ish) ; 

 Epinepheleus striatus (Nassau 

 grouper) ; Myctoperca tigris (tiger 

 grouper) . 



Caranx ruber (bar jack); Alphestes 

 afer (mutton hamlet); Cephalopholis 

 f ulva (coney) ; Scorpaena plumieri 

 (spotted scorpionfish) . 



Sphyraena barracuda (great barracuda) ; 

 Myctoperca tigris (tiger grouper) ; 

 M. venenosa (yellowf in grouper) ; 

 Lut j anus analis (mutton snapper) . 



Aulostomus maculatus (trumpetfish) . 



Sphyraena barracuda (great barracuda) . 



Myctoperca tigris (tiger grouper) ; 

 Caranx ruber (bar jack). 



Sphyraena barracuda (great barracuda) • 



Sphyraena barracuda (great barracuda) . 



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