Marine Trophic Index in LME: Northeast Australian Shelf

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Year	Mean trophic level	Mean max. length (cm)	FiB Index	Expansion factor
1950	3.25	97.4	0	1
1951	3.15	100.1	-0.06	0.94
1952	3.09	93.7	0.12	1.13
1953	3.15	97.0	0.41	1.51
1954	3.13	92.6	0.42	1.52
1955	3.09	86.3	0.22	1.25
1956	3.05	82.0	0.34	1.4
1957	3.04	84.1	0.22	1.25
1958	3.05	84.2	0.25	1.28
1959	3.10	86.3	0.44	1.55
1960	3.09	81.9	0.36	1.43
1961	3.12	83.3	0.57	1.77
1962	3.07	80.8	0.48	1.62
1963	3.06	79.0	0.58	1.79
1964	3.14	75.4	0.75	2.12
1965	3.30	101.4	1.19	3.29
1966	3.27	106.3	1.26	3.53
1967	3.29	115.0	1.28	3.6
1968	3.30	111.4	1.59	4.9
1969	3.24	104.3	1.45	4.26
1970	3.11	90.3	1.43	4.18
1971	3.15	89.7	1.88	6.55
1972	3.16	91.2	1.83	6.23
1973	3.23	90.8	2.07	7.92
1974	3.20	85.4	2.25	9.49
1975	3.35	92.9	2.73	15.33
1976	3.39	93.7	3.04	20.91
1977	3.34	90.6	2.99	19.89
1978	3.48	100.4	3.41	30.27
1979	3.11	56.1	2.32	10.18
1980	3.38	112.4	3.18	24.05
1981	3.26	99.3	3.01	20.29
1982	3.28	107.8	2.98	19.69
1983	3.17	75.4	2.52	12.43
1984	3.18	76.7	2.56	12.94
1985	3.08	64.7	2.12	8.33
1986	3.11	62.7	2.2	9.03
1987	3.51	86.7	3.71	40.85
1988	3.54	80.0	3.87	47.94
1989	3.52	94.5	3.56	35.16
1990	3.52	89.2	3.53	34.12
1991	3.62	97.4	3.97	52.98
1992	3.48	94.5	3.27	26.31
1993	3.20	74.6	2.45	11.59
1994	3.00	58.5	1.79	5.99
1995	3.41	84.7	3.16	23.57
1996	3.36	81.8	3.09	21.98
1997	3.44	89.1	3.3	27.11
1998	3.46	92.3	3.59	36.23
1999	3.53	104.0	3.67	39.25
2000	3.65	109.5	3.95	51.94
2001	3.52	95.4	3.67	39.25
2002	3.62	98.6	3.94	51.42
2003	3.71	107.5	4.18	65.37
2004	3.72	102.7	4.26	70.81
2005	3.75	109.2	4.34	76.71
2006	3.75	108.7	4.18	65.37

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TL	SLMax(cm)	Common Name	Scientific Name
4.58	287	Striped marlin	Tetrapturus audax
4.5	279	Indo-Pacific sailfish	Istiophorus platypterus
4.5	205	Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel	Scomberomorus commerson
4.5	219	Bigeye tuna	Thunnus obesus
4.5	98	Bluefish	Pomatomus saltatrix
4.5	179	Great barracuda	Sphyraena barracuda
4.5	189	Shortbill spearfish	Tetrapturus angustirostris
4.5	100	Dorab wolf-herring	Chirocentrus dorab
4.49	449	Swordfish	Xiphias gladius
4.48	367	Billfishes	Istiophoridae
4.47	100	Queenfishes	Scomberoides
4.47	93	Kawakawa	Euthynnus affinis
4.46	367	Black marlin	Makaira indica
4.46	410	Indo-Pacific blue marlin	Makaira mazara
4.45	192	Largehead hairtail	Trichiurus lepturus
4.4	179	Barracudas	Sphyraena
4.4	227	Wahoo	Acanthocybium solandri
4.4	56	Greater lizardfish	Saurida tumbil
4.39	164	Amberjacks	Seriola
4.39	69	Torpedo scad	Megalaspis cordyla
4.39	52	Indian spiny turbot	Psettodes erumei
4.37	172	Common dolphinfish	Coryphaena hippurus
4.35	205	Seerfishes	Scomberomorus
4.35	108	Skipjack tuna	Katsuwonus pelamis
4.35	162	Barramundi	Lates calcarifer
4.34	231	Yellowfin tuna	Thunnus albacares
4.31	136	Albacore	Thunnus alalunga
4.31	164	Cobia	Rachycentron canadum
4.3	56	Lizardfishes	Synodontidae
4.3	100	Wolf herring	Chirocentrus
4.26	150	Mackerels, tunas, bonitos	Scombridae
4.24	60	Frigate tuna	Auxis
4.21	300	Pacific bluefin tuna	Thunnus orientalis
4.2	25	Chocolate hind	Cephalopholis boenak
4.15	150	Cutlassfishes	Trichiuridae
4.13	32	Squids	Teuthida
4.12	102	Jacks	Caranx
4.06	126	Longtail tuna	Thunnus tonggol
4.05	164	Jacks and pompanos	Carangidae
4.02	98	Snappers	Lutjanidae
4.02	98	Snappers	Lutjanus
4	300	Sharks, rays, skates, etc	Sharks, rays, chimaeras
3.99	25	Common squids	Loligo
3.98	190	Sea basses, groupers, fairy basslets	Serranidae
3.97	33	False trevally	Lactarius lactarius
3.93	25	Lobsterette	Metanephrops
3.91	80	Cods	Gadiformes
3.9	87	Flatheads	Platycephalidae
3.89	60	Bigeye scad	Selar crumenophthalmus
3.87	228	Southern bluefin tuna	Thunnus maccoyii
3.84	190	Groupers	Epinephelus
3.81	33	Bigeyes	Priacanthus
3.76	200	Drums or croakers	Sciaenidae
3.72	29	Threadfin breams	Nemipterus
3.69	66	Cutlass fishes	Trachurus
3.69	37	Indian scad	Decapterus russelli
3.64	62	Black pomfret	Parastromateus niger
3.63	37	Scads	Decapterus
3.62	164	Threadfins	Polynemidae
3.62	50	Butterfishes	Stromateidae
3.61	205	Skates and rays	Rajiformes
3.6	28	Cuttlefishes	Sepiidae
3.59	70	Emperors or scavengers	Lethrinidae
3.59	19	Octopuses	Octopodidae
3.59	148	Rainbow runner	Elagatis bipinnulata
3.58	68	Octopuses	Octopoda
3.57	50	Flatfishes	Pleuronectiformes
3.57	25	Flyingfishes	Exocoetidae
3.54	29	Tropical goatfishes	Upeneus
3.53	56	Perch-likes	Perciformes
3.53	16	Yellowstripe scad	Selaroides leptolepis
3.51	35	Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams	Nemipteridae
3.5	34	Marine animals	Marine animals
3.48	62	Sea catfishes	Ariidae
3.46	55	Goatfishes	Mullidae
3.46	75	Wrasses	Labridae
3.45	24	Moonfish	Mene maculata
3.44	10	Indo-Pacific anchovies	Stolephorus
3.44	49	Bluefin gurnard	Chelidonichthys kumu
3.42	61	Silver grunt	Pomadasys argenteus
3.4	50	Fusiliers	Caesio
3.39	26	Fusiliers	Caesionidae
3.36	80	Grunts	Haemulidae
3.35	50	Pelagic fishes	Marine fishes not identified
3.32	107	Squirefish	Pagrus auratus
3.31	164	Porgies	Sparidae
3.3	25	Monocle breams	Scolopsis
3.3	123	Indo-Pacific tarpon	Megalops cyprinoides
3.29	30	Tonguefishes	Cynoglossidae
3.27	25	Silver biddies	Gerres
3.26	43	Smelt-whitings	Sillaginidae
3.25	21	Anchovies	Engraulidae
3.24	25	Herrings	Clupeiformes
3.24	12	Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes	Leiognathidae
3.24	100	White trevally	Pseudocaranx dentex
3.22	12	Slipmouths	Leiognathus
3.19	32	Indian mackerel	Rastrelliger kanagurta
3.11	15	Gobies	Gobiidae
3.1	33	Indo-Pacific mackerels	Rastrelliger
3.05	45	Halfbeaks	Hemiramphus
3	25	Crustaceans	Crustacea
3	24	Banana prawn	Fenneropenaeus merguiensis
3	20	Blue swimming crab	Portunus pelagicus
2.93	2	Sergestid shrimp	Sergestidae
2.87	20	Slipper lobsters	Scyllaridae
2.8	28	Indo-Pacific swamp crab	Scylla serrata
2.77	21	Sardinella	Sardinella
2.72	32	Short mackerel	Rastrelliger brachysoma
2.7	17	Metapenaeus shrimps	Metapenaeus
2.7	34	Penaeus shrimps	Penaeus
2.7	18	Endeavour shrimp	Metapenaeus endeavouri
2.7	23	Green tiger prawn	Penaeus semisulcatus
2.7	19	Western king prawn	Melicertus latisulcatus
2.65	13	Natantian decapods	Shrimps, prawns
2.6	30	Marine crabs	Brachyura
2.6	40	Tropical spiny lobsters	Panulirus
2.6	34	Giant tiger prawn	Penaeus monodon
2.53	120	Mullets	Mugilidae
2.5	26	Flathead lobster	Thenus orientalis
2.27	13	Marine molluscs	Miscellaneous marine molluscs
2.11	34	Rabbitfishes	Siganus
2	46	Sea cucumbers	Holothuroidea
2	10	Scallops	Pectinidae
2	25	Cupped oysters	Crassostrea
2	30	Abalones	Haliotis
2	13	Horse mussels	Modiolus
2	6	Anadara clams	Anadara
2	5	Hard clams	Meretrix
2	5	Short neck clams	Paphia
2	6	Australian mussel	Mytilus planulatus
2	9	Blood cockle	Anadara granosa
2	16	Brown mussel	Perna viridis

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