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Region: TWA

Geographic Zones: Austin's Reef

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 10/31/24

Total Surveys: 36

#Species Reported: 167

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 63.25

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 45.67

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
4BAHAMAS, TURKS & CAICOS12023140:30
44TURKS & CAICOS12023140:30
4412Grand Turk12023140:30
44120030Austin's Reef12023140:30
TOTALS12023140:30

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 97.22% | DEN: 2.35
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 94.44% | DEN: 3.79
Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 91.67% | DEN: 2.81
Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 91.67% | DEN: 3.56
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 91.67% | DEN: 2.69
Princess Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
SF: 88.89% | DEN: 2.68
Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 88.89% | DEN: 2.77
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 88.89% | DEN: 2.52
Coney - Seabass
(Cephalopholis fulva)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.45
Fairy Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma loreto)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.97
Schoolmaster - Snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.59
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.9
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 80.56% | DEN: 2.32
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 80.56% | DEN: 2.32
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 80.56% | DEN: 2.75
Black Durgon - Triggerfish
(Melichthys niger)
SF: 77.78% | DEN: 2.67
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 77.78% | DEN: 2.56
Creole Wrasse - Wrasse
(Clepticus parrae)
SF: 77.78% | DEN: 3.56
Mahogany Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus mahogoni)
SF: 77.78% | DEN: 2.48
Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 3
Brown Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina multilineata)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.85
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.12
Great Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
SF: 72.22% | DEN: 1.56
Longsnout Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon aculeatus)
SF: 72.22% | DEN: 1.58
Banded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
SF: 69.44% | DEN: 2.04
Nassau Grouper - Seabass
(Epinephelus striatus)
SF: 69.44% | DEN: 1.36
Queen Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
SF: 69.44% | DEN: 2.54
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. bol/C. tortugae)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.75
Masked Goby/Glass Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus personatus/hyalinus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 3.83
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.52
Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus maculatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1.75
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 63.89% | DEN: 2.64
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 63.89% | DEN: 1.91
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 63.89% | DEN: 1.74
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 63.89% | DEN: 2.05
Butter Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus unicolor)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 1.57
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 2.95
Yellow Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys martinicus)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 2.62
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 58.33% | DEN: 3.05
Whitespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines macrocerus)
SF: 58.33% | DEN: 1.45
Yellowhead Jawfish - Jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
SF: 58.33% | DEN: 2.48
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 55.56% | DEN: 2
Sand Tilefish - Tilefish
(Malacanthus plumieri)
SF: 55.56% | DEN: 1.84
Barred Hamlet (Caribbean) - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus puella)
SF: 52.78% | DEN: 1.53
Caesar Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon carbonarium)
SF: 52.78% | DEN: 2.61
Honeycomb Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion polygonius)
SF: 52.78% | DEN: 1.42
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 52.78% | DEN: 1.95
Creolefish (Atlantic) - Seabass
(Paranthias furcifer)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.65
Queen Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.28
Tobaccofish - Seabass
(Serranus tabacarius)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.06
Bermuda Chub/Gray Chub - Chub
(Kyphosus sectatrix / K. bigibbus)
SF: 47.22% | DEN: 1.75
Brown Garden Eel - Conger
(Heteroconger longissimus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 3.53
Longjaw Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Neoniphon marianus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 1.81
Saucereye Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus calamus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 1.6
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 1.6
Beaugregory - Damselfish
(Stegastes leucostictus)
SF: 41.67% | DEN: 2.13
Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 41.67% | DEN: 1.33
Tiger Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca tigris)
SF: 41.67% | DEN: 1.6
Cleaning Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus genie)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 2.14
Sailors Choice - Grunt
(Haemulon parra)
SF: 36.11% | DEN: 2.69
Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
SF: 36.11% | DEN: 1.62
Boga - Grunt
(Haemulon vittatum)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 3.42
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2.09
Dusky Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes adustus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2.25
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.58
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2.09
Redtail Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma chrysopterum)
SF: 30.56% | DEN: 2
Yellowtail Damselfish - Damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
SF: 30.56% | DEN: 2.09
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 2.7
Saddled Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus triangulatus)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 1.5
Blackbar Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.78
Gray Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.22
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.22
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.44
Sand Diver - Lizardfish
(Synodus intermedius)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.38
Spotfin Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ocellatus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.89
White Margate - Grunt
(Haemulon album)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Scrawled Filefish - Filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 1.29
Belted Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon townsendi)
SF: 19.44% | DEN: 1.71
Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Sea Turtles
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
SF: 19.44% | DEN: 1
Orangespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines pullus)
SF: 19.44% | DEN: 1.5
Peppermint Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus lipernes)
SF: 19.44% | DEN: 2.14
Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres pictus)
SF: 19.44% | DEN: 2.86
Blackcap Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma melacara)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 3.33
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1.67
Indigo Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus indigo)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1.17
Mutton Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1
Balloonfish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon holocanthus)
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 1
Hybrid Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus (Hybrid))
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 2
Queen Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 1
Spanish Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon macrostoma)
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 2.2
Spotted Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 1
Arrow Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Lucayablennius zingaro)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.25
Barred Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon binotatus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2.5
Chalk Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tortugarum)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.5
French Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.5
Jolthead Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus bajonado)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.25
Pallid Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus eidolon)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.25
Reef Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus coruscus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2
Spotted Drum - Drum
(Eques punctatus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1
Tan Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus randallorum)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.25
Hogfish - Wrasse
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1
Peacock Flounder - Flounder
(Bothus lunatus)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1.67
Pluma - Porgy
(Calamus pennatula)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1
Red Lionfish (exotic) - Scorpionfish
(Pterois volitans)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1.33
Redspotted Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Amblycirrhitus pinos)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1.33
Spotlight Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus louisae)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1.33
Spotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax moringa)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1
Unidentified Silvery Fish (Silversides / Anchovies / Herrings) - Silvery Fishes - Silversides, Herrings, and Anchovies
(Atheriniformes sp./ Clupeiformes sp.)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 3.67
Yellowbelly Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus aberrans)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1.33
Yellowtail (Redfin) Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma rubripinne)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1.33
Bandtail Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Bluestriped Lizardfish - Lizardfish
(Synodus saurus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2.5
Colon Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus dicrus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1.5
Dusky Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Sargocentron vexillarium)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Glasseye Snapper (Atlantic) - Bigeye
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1.5
Greenblotch Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma atomarium)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Horse-eye Jack - Jack
(Caranx latus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1.5
Juvenile Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sp.)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 3.5
Nurse Shark - Carpet Shark
(Ginglymostoma cirratum)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1.5
Ocean Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Canthidermis sufflamen)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Peppermint Basslet - Basslet / Seabass
(Liopropoma rubre)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Rainbow Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus guacamaia)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Rock Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus adscensionis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1.5
Rosy Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys martinicensis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Scamp - Seabass
(Mycteroperca phenax)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Scrawled Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Sharknose Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus evelynae)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Shy Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus guttavarius)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1.5
Southern Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus americanus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Yellowfin Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca venenosa)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Bigeye - Bigeye
(Priacanthus arenatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Black Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus nigricans)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Black Jack - Jack
(Caranx lugubris)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Black Margate - Grunt
(Anisotremus surinamensis)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Blackfin Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus buccanella)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 3
Blue Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Brassy Chub - Chub
(Kyphosus vaigiensis)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Bridled Burrfish - Porcupinefish
(Chilomycterus antennatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Cave Basslet - Basslet / Seabass
(Liopropoma mowbrayi)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Cero - Mackerel
(Scomberomorus regalis)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Cottonwick - Grunt
(Haemulon melanurum)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Dog Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus jocu)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Eyed Flounder - Flounder
(Bothus ocellatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Goldentail Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax miliaris)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Green Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys splendens)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Inshore Lizardfish - Lizardfish
(Synodus foetens)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Northern / Southern Sennet - Barracuda
(Sphyraena borealis/picudilla)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 3
Pale Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon planifrons)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 3
Porkfish - Grunt
(Anisotremus virginicus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Redlip Blenny - Blenny - Combtooth
(Ophioblennius macclurei)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Reef Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon sedentarius)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
School Bass - Seabass
(Schultzea beta)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 3
Sea Turtle sp. (unidentified) - Sea Turtles
()
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Sharksucker - Remora
(Echeneis naucrates)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Slender Filefish - Filefish
(Monacanthus tuckeri)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Smallmouth Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon chrysargyreum)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Spinyhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria spinosa)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Sponge Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Phaeoptyx xenus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Sunshinefish - Damselfish
(Chromis insolata)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Twospot Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon pseudomaculatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
White Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 3
Whitestar Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon lachneri)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 3
Yellowfin Mojarra - Mojarra
(Gerres cinereus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Yellowtail Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus chlorurus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1