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Size Structure and Reproduction of Exploited Reef Fishes Before Establishing a Management Plan at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea Six-Year Baseline Information: Size Structure and Reproduction of Exploited Reef Fishes Before Establishing a Management Plan at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea Ken Longenecker, Ross Langston, Holly Bolick, Utula Kondio, and Mara Mulrooney Honolulu, Hawai‘i December 2014 COVER Hamm Geamsa prepares his gear for hook-and-line fishing just off the fringing reef at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area. Photo: Sarah Rose. Six-Year Baseline Information: Size Structure and Reproduction of Exploited Reef Fishes Before Establishing a Management Plan at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea Ken Longenecker1, Ross Langston1, Holly Bolick1, Utula Kondio,2 and Mara Mulrooney1 (1) Pacific Biological Survey Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817, USA (2) Kamiali Wildlife Management Area Lababia, Morobe Province, PNG Bishop Museum Technical Report 63 Honolulu, Hawai‘i December 2014 Bishop Museum Press 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, Hawai‘i Copyright © 2014 Bishop Museum All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America ISSN 1085-455X Contribution No. 2014-005 to the Pacific Biological Survey Contents LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................................................... 7 LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 12 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 13 General Background ................................................................................................................. 13 Reef-Fish Management Plan..................................................................................................... 13 Purpose...................................................................................................................................... 14 Kala Pronunciation Guide......................................................................................................... 14 METHODS ................................................................................................................................... 15 Study Area ................................................................................................................................ 15 Fishery Surveys......................................................................................................................... 15 Time Series ............................................................................................................................... 18 RESULTS ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Fishery Surveys......................................................................................................................... 18 Species Accounts ...................................................................................................................... 33 Acanthuridae......................................................................................................................... 33 Acanthurus lineatus (iwiliya)............................................................................................ 33 Acanthurus pyroferus........................................................................................................ 33 Ctenochaetus striatus........................................................................................................ 34 Ctenochaetus tominiensis (aloweya yayã)........................................................................ 35 Naso hexacanthus (biaŋgawe suwi).................................................................................. 35 Naso lituratus.................................................................................................................... 36 Naso lopezi (biaŋgawe talõ) ............................................................................................. 36 Naso vlamingii (biaŋgawe tumi)....................................................................................... 37 Balistidae............................................................................................................................... 37 Balistoides conspicillum ................................................................................................... 37 Canthidermis maculata (labaikã suwi)............................................................................. 37 Odonus niger..................................................................................................................... 37 Sufflamen bursa ................................................................................................................ 38 Caesionidae........................................................................................................................... 38 Caesio cuning (luduŋ mai)................................................................................................ 38 Carangidae ............................................................................................................................ 39 Carangoides bajad (imaŋalẽ babaura)............................................................................. 39 Carangoides plagiotaenia (imaŋalẽ tombo gabo) ............................................................ 39 Caranx melampygus (imaŋalẽ talã).................................................................................. 40 Caranx papuensis (imaŋalẽ labrã kulĩ) ............................................................................ 41 Carcharhinidae ...................................................................................................................... 41 Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (kapa ii) ............................................................................ 41 Carcharhinus melanopterus (kapa mayumbui) ................................................................ 42 Triaenodon obesus (kapa bage bula)................................................................................ 42 Ephippidae ............................................................................................................................ 42 Platax orbicularis ............................................................................................................. 42 Platax pinnatus (ibuŋgi taro)............................................................................................ 42 Platax teira (ibuŋgi).......................................................................................................... 43 3 Haemulidae ........................................................................................................................... 44 Diagramma pictum (godobo manibarã/taro) ................................................................... 44 Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides ........................................................................................ 44 Plectorhinchus gibbosus ................................................................................................... 44 Plectorhinchus lineatus (iyabua sa).................................................................................. 45 Plectorhinchus vittatus (iyabua kurĩ naba)....................................................................... 45 Holocentridae........................................................................................................................ 46 Myripristis adusta (imbilĩ tombo yeyẽ)............................................................................. 46 Myripristis berndti (imbilĩ yakẽ susuwi)........................................................................... 46 Myripristis kuntee (imbilĩ godõ nambĩ) ............................................................................ 47 Myripristis pralinia (imbilĩ yakẽ susuwi).......................................................................... 47 Myripristis violacea (imbilĩ yakẽ bumbu)......................................................................... 48 Myripristis vittata (imbilĩ yakẽ suwi)................................................................................ 48 Neoniphon sammara (imbilĩ sa)........................................................................................ 49 Sargocentron caudimaculatum (imbilĩ yasai)................................................................... 50 Sargocentron melanospilos............................................................................................... 50 Kyphosidae ........................................................................................................................... 50 Kyphosus cinerascens (italawe)........................................................................................ 50 Kyphosus vaigiensis (italawe talabopia) .......................................................................... 51 Labridae ................................................................................................................................ 51 Bodianus mesothorax........................................................................................................ 51 Cheilinus fasciatus (talulumuã tatalõ).............................................................................. 52 Choerodon anchorago
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