Achoerodus gouldii


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Noun1.Achoerodus gouldii - found around the Great Barrier ReefAchoerodus gouldii - found around the Great Barrier Reef
giant pigfish, pigfish
wrasse - chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
Achoerodus, genus Achoerodus - a genus of Labridae
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The western blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii), a protogynous hermaphroditic labrid with exceptional longevity, late maturity, slow growth, and both late maturation and sex change.
Age validation of the North Atlantic stock of wreckfish (Polyprion americanus), based on bomb radiocarbon ([sup.14]C), and new estimates of life history parameters
3 -- Thysanophrys cirronasus, Rock Flathead *** Okay -- -- Family Labridae--Wrasses Achoerodus gouldii, Blue Groper *** Good -- 3 Achoerodus viridis Blue Groper Good -- -- Achoerodus sp.
Does technology make a difference? Aboriginal and colonial fishing in Port Jackson, New South Wales
Abstract--The western blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii) is shown to be a temperate protogynous hermaphrodite, which spawns between early winter and mid-spring.
The western blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii), a protogynous hermaphroditic labrid with exceptional longevity, late maturity, slow growth, and both late maturation and sex change

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