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12021 Nomura, H., 1965. Length-weight tables of some fish species from Northeastern Brazil. Arq. Est. Biol. Mar. Univ. Fed. Ceará 5(2):103-105. 1965 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
12032 Sokolova, L.V., 1965. Distribución y particularidades biológicos de los principales peces comerciales del Banco de Campeche. p. 223-240. In Investigaciones pesqueras soviético-cubanas, Pishevaia Promishlennost, Moscú. (In Russian). 1965 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
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33 Randall, J.E., 1967. Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. 1967 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
8907 Billings, V.C. and J.L. Munro, 1974. The biology, ecology, exploitation and management of Caribbean reef fishes: Pomadasydae (grunts). Part 5. Res. Rep. Zool. Dep. Univ. West Indies 3:1-128. 1974 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
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26180 Ogden, J.C., J.A. Yntema and I. Clavijo, 1975. An annotated list of the fishes of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Spec. Publ. No. 3. 1975 Haemulon aurolineatum 22
50318 De Sylva, D.P., 1976. Fishes of Bicayne bay, Folrida. p.181-202. In A.L. Thorhaug and A.S. Volker (eds.) Past/Present/Future. Biscayne Bay Symp. I, April 2-3, 1976. University of Miami Sea grant Proram. Miami, Florida. 1976 Haemulon aurolineatum 197
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3798 Courtenay, W.R. and H.F. Sahlman, 1978. Pomadasyidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Central Atlantic (Fishing Area 31), Volume 4. FAO, Rome. 1978 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
4649 Johnson, G.D., 1978. Development of fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. An atlas of egg, larval and juvenile stages. Vol. 4. Carangidae through Ephippidae. US Fish Wildl. Serv. Biol. Serv. Prog. FWS/OBS-78/12. 1978 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
42067 Lima, H.H. and A.M. Oliveira, 1978. Segunda contribuição ao conhecimento dos nomes vulgares de peixes marinhos do nordeste brasileiro. Boletim de Ciências do Mar(29):1-26. 1978 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
104121 Alves, M.I.M. and H. de H. Lima, 1978. Sobre a época de desova de alguns peixes marinhos do estado do Ceará, Brasil. Bol. Ciên. Mar 30:1-7. 1978 Haemulon aurolineatum 1-7
6077 Cervigón, F. and W. Fischer, 1979. INFOPESCA. Catálogo de especies marinas de interes economico actual o potencial para América Latina. Parte 1. Atlántico centro y suroccidental. FAO/UNDP, SIC/79/1. 372 p. FAO, Rome. 1979 Haemulon aurolineatum 120
105472 Pihu, E., 1979. Loomade elu 4. köide. Kalad Pihu, E. 1979. Loomade Elu, 4. Köide, Kalad. Valgus, Tallinn. 1979 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
276 Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1980. A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (12)1-174. 1980 Haemulon aurolineatum 45
27107 Menezes, N.A. and J.L. Figueiredo, 1980. Manual de peixes marinhos do sudeste do Brasil. IV.Teleostei (3). Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. 96 p. 1980 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
3206 Manooch, C.S. III and C.A. Barans, 1982. Distribution, abundance, age and growth of the tomtate, Haemulon aurolineatum, along the south-eastern United States coast. Fish. Bull. U.S. Fish. Wildl. Serv. 80(1):1-20. 1982 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
3111 Munro, J.L., 1983. Epilogue: Progress in coral reef fisheries research, 1973-1982. p. 249-265. In J.L. Munro (ed.) Caribbean coral reef fishery resources. ICLARM Studies and Reviews 7. 1983 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
3160 Gaut, V.C. and J.L. Munro, 1983. The biology, ecology and bionomics of the grunts, Pomadasyidae. p. 110-141. In J.L. Munro (ed.) Caribbean coral reef fishery resources. ICLARM Studies and Reviews 7. 1983 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
13608 Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.), 1983. Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p. 1983 Haemulon aurolineatum 357
35205 Zaneveld, J.S., 1983. Caribbean Fish Life. Index to the local and scientific names of the marine fishes and fishlike invertebrates of the Caribbean area (Tropical Western Central Atlantic Ocean). E.J. Brill / Dr. W. Backhuys, Leiden, 163p. 1983 Bathystoma aurolineatum 66
43978 Popova, O.A. and L. S'erra, 1983. Feeding of black jack, Caranx ruber (Carangidae), on the cuban shelf in the Gulf of Batabano. I. Seasonal and age-dependent dynamics of feeding. J. Ichthyol. 23(3):97-105. 1983 Haemulon aurolineatum 100
58971 Erdman, D.S., 1983. Nombres vulgares de los peces en Puerto Rico (Common names of fishes in Puerto Rico). Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Technical report, vol 3. no. 2, second revised edition. 44 p. 1983 Haemulon aurolineatum 9
38265 Nomura, H., 1984. Dicionário dos peixes do Brasil. Brasília: Editerra. 482p. 1984 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
50307 Martin, F.D. and J.W. Patus, 1984. An annotated key to the teleost fishes of Puerto Rico. Compendio Enciclopedico de los Recursos Nat. 5:1-191. 1984 Haemulon aurolineatum 99-100
26280 Acero, A.P., 1985. Zoogeographical implications of the distribution of selected families of Caribbean coral reef fishes. Proc. of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti, Vol. 5. 1985 Haemulon aurolineatum 435
7251 Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. 1986 Haemulon aurolineatum 178
26252 Bouchon-Navaro, Y. and M. Louis, 1986. Les poissons des formations corallienes de la Martinique. Ann. Inst. Océanogr., Paris 62(2):251-270. 1986 Haemulon aurolineatum 257
4587 Pauly, D., 1989. Food consumption by tropical and temperate fish populations: some generalizations. J. Fish Biol. 35(Suppl. A):11-20. 1989 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
12358 Duran-Gonzales, A., C.E. Carcia-Ruelas and A. Laguarda-Figueras, 1990. The karyotype and "G" bands of Haemulon aurolineatum Cuvier 1829 (Pisces: Haemulidae). An. Inst. Cienc. Mar Limnol. Univ. Nac. Auton. Mex. 17(2):299-307. 1990 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
38807 Rountree, R.A., 1990. Community structure of fishes attracted to shallow water fish aggregation devices off South Carolina, USA. Environ. Biol. Fish. 29(4):241-262. 1990 Haemulon aurolineatum 245
3814 Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Pub. (20):183 p. 1991 Haemulon aurolineatum 53
4517 Hureau, J.-C., 1991. La base de données GICIM : Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1991 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
6313 Grabda, E. and T. Heese, 1991. Polskie nazewnictwo popularne kraglouste i ryby. Cyclostomata et Pisces. Wyzsza Szkola Inzynierska w Koszalinie. Koszalin, Poland. 171 p. (in Polish). 1991 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
12149 Baillon, N., 1991. Otolithometrie en milieu tropical: application a trois especes du lagon de nouvelle-caledonie. ORSTOM, Inst. Fr. Rech. Sci. Dév. Coop., Trav. Doc. 113. 296 p. 1991 Haemulon aurolineatum 235
5217 Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992. Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD. 1992 Haemulon aurolineatum 331
5521 Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1993 Haemulon aurolineatum 371
9626 Cervigón, F., 1993. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 2. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 497 p. 1993 Haemulon aurolineatum 190-192
11055 Massey, L.L. and D.E. Harper, 1993. Selected computer images of southeastern U.S. marine fishes. NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-SEFSC-333, 49 p. 1993 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
30426 Randolph, S. and M. Snyder, 1993. The seafood list: FDA's guide to acceptable market names for seafood sold in interstate commerce. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, USA. pag. var. 1993 Haemulon aurolineatum 15
33498 Hixon, M., 1993. Predation, prey refuges, and the structure of coral-reef fish assemblages. Ecol. Monogr. 63(1):77-101. 1993 Haemulon aurolineatum 100
42268 Yáñes-Arancibia, A., A.L. Lara-Domínguez and J.W. Day Jr., 1993. Interactions between mangrove and seagrass habitats mediated by estuarine nekton assemblages: coupling of primary and secondary production. Hydrobiologia 264:1-12. 1993 Haemulon aurolineatum 8;tab.4
9710 Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. 1994 Haemulon aurolineatum 157.8
9761 Humann, P., 1994. Reef fish identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida. 426 p. 1994 Haemulon aurolineatum 88-89
11824 Claro, R. and J.P. García-Arteaga, 1994. Crecimiento. p.321-402. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanologia Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo (CIQRO), México. 1994 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
26340 Claro, R., 1994. Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo. 1994 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
26409 García-Cagide, A., R. Claro and B.V. Koshelev, 1994. Reproducción. p. 187-262. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Inst. Oceanol. Acad. Cienc. Cuba. and Cen. Invest. Quintana Roo (CIQRO) México. 1994 Haemulon aurolineatum 241,257
27620 Silva, M., 1994. Especies identificadas en las pesquerias costeras artesanales del Suroeste de la Republica Dominica. Reportes del Propescar-Sur: contribuciones al conocimiento de las pesquerías en la República Dominicana. Vol. 1, 47p. 1994 Haemulon aurolineatum 01-11
40038 Mahon, R. and S.D. Mahon, 1994. Structure and resilience of a tidepool fish assemblage at Barbados. Environ. Biol. Fish. 41(1/4):171-190. 1994 Haemulon aurolineatum 174
41263 Arias, C.A. and J. Infante, 1994. Composicion de especies y volumenes de capturas de nasas antillanas en Juan Esteban, Barahona, Republica Dominicana. En R. Colom (ed.) Reportes del Propescar-Sur: contribuciones al conocimiento de las pesquerías en la República Dominicana. Vol. 1. Chapter 9. 1994 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
10937 Anonymous, 1996. Fish collection database of the University of British Columbia Fish Museum Fish Museum. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 1996 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
13442 Randall, J.E., 1996. Caribbean reef fishes. Third Edition - revised and enlarged. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p. 1996 Haemulon aurolineatum 171-2
13613 Sánchez, A.C., 1997. Listado taxonomico de las especies marinas identificadas en los océanos Pacífico y Atlántico (Caribe) de Nicaragua. Ministerio de Economía y Desarrollo. MEDE PESCA. Managua. 28 p. 1997 Haemulon aurolineatum 16
26938 Smith, C.L., 1997. National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. 1997 Haemulon aurolineatum 509
28620 Randall, J.E., 1997. Randall's underwater photos. Collection of almost 2,000 underwater photos (slides). Unpublished. 1997 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
35834 Vianna, M., 1997. Physiographic influence in the structure of the suprabenthic fish assemblage in the rocky shore of Arraual do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. B. Inst. Pesca 24:25-35. 1997 Haemulon aurolineatum 31
26840 Jacobs, N.D., 1998. Assessment and analysis of the fisheries sector and marine coastal areas. Belize National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (UNDP/GEF-Project No. BZE/97/G31). 1998 Haemulon aurolineatum ann.II
27129 Duarte, L.O., C.B. García, N. Sandoval, D. von Schiller, G. Melo and P. Navajas, 1999. Length-weight relationships of demersal fishes from the Gulf of Salamanca, Colombia. Naga ICLARM Q. 22(1):34-36. 1999 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
31402 Swedish Museum of Natural History, 1999. Fish collection database of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History). Ichthyology Section, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. 1999 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
31517 Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. 1999 Bathystoma aurolineatum -->
31517 Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. 1999 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
31982 Anonymous, 1999. Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). 1999 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
33407 Ramjohn, D.D., 1999. Checklist of coastal and marine fishes of Trinidad and Tobago. Marine Fishery Analysis Unit, Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago. Fisheries Information Series 8, 151 p. 1999 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
35505 Smith-Vaniz, W.F., B.B. Collette and B.E. Luckhurst, 1999. Fishes of Bermuda: history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 4. 424 p. 1999 Haemulon aurolineatum 262
34634 Anonymous, 2000. Fish collection database of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA. 2000 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
37512 Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000. Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p. 2000 Haemulon aurolineatum iii,vii,A11
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38732 Anonymous, 2001. Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. 2001 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
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47438 Anonymous, 2003. Fish collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. Royal Ontario Museum. 2003 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
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83882 FAO-FIES, 2010. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2010. 2010 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
90062 FAO-FIES, 2012. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2012. 2012 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
95632 FAO-FIES, 2014. Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, April 2014. 2014 Haemulon aurolineatum -->
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