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are clearly critical steps to help ensure sustainability 
of species with this life history in the Caribbean Sea 
and Florida Keys. 
Acknowledgments 
We thank the following for their invaluable assistance 
in obtaining samples for this study: L. Anibal, J. Leon, 
H. Lopez, D. Matos-Caraballo, and A. Rosario of the of 
Department of Natural and Environmental Resources 
Fisheries Research Laboratory in Mayaguez, Puerto 
Rico; W. Ledee and D. Olsen of the St. Thomas Fisher- 
men’s Association; R. Nemeth of the University of the 
Virgin Islands; H. Rivera and W. Tobias of the U.S. 
Virgin Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife, and R. 
Beaver of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. 
We especially thank B. Kojis for her efforts in obtain- 
ing the samples of mutton snapper from St. Croix. 
Work was supported by the Cooperative Research Pro- 
gram of the U.S. Department of Commerce (Grant 
NA06NMF4540061), and the Texas AgriLife Research 
Projects H-6703. Sampling by B. Kojis was supported by 
a grant (NA08NMF4410463) to the Caribbean Fishery 
Management Council under the NOAA Coral Reef Con- 
servation Grant Program. We also thank the anonymous 
reviewers whose comments helped improve the manu- 
script. This article is number 79 in the series “Genetic 
Studies in Marine Fishes” and contribution number 
197 of the Center for Biosystematics and Biodiversity 
at Texas A&M University. 
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