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Region: IORS

Geographic Zones: South Africa East Coast - Zone 5 » South Africa - Zone 55 » KwaZulu-Natal - Zone 5503 » Sodwana Bay - Zone 55030001

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 7/4/25

Total Surveys: 36

#Species Reported: 85

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 0

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 5.28

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
5South Africa East Coast00241232:34
55South Africa00241232:34
5503KwaZulu-Natal00241232:34
55030001Sodwana Bay00241232:34
TOTALS00241232:34

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Color saturation corresponds to density score
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Moorish Idol - Moorish Idol
(Zanclus cornutus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.75
Emperor Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)
SF: 19.44% | DEN: 1.2
Powderblue Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus leucosternon)
SF: 19.44% | DEN: 2.33
Elegant Unicornfish - Surgeonfish
(Naso elegans)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1.67
Indian Teardrop Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon interruptus)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 2
Tricolor Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus tricolor)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 2
Whitebarred Thicklip - Grunt
(Plectorhinchus playfairi)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 0
Blackspotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax favagineus)
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 1
Clown Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistoides conspicillum)
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 1.25
Allard's Anemonefish - Damselfish
(Amphiprion allardi)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2.33
Blue-spotted Ribbontail Ray - Stingray
(Taeniura lymma)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1
Bluestripe Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus kasmira)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2.5
Longnose Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Forcipiger flavissimus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2
Natal Knifejaw - Morowong
(Oplegnathus robinsoni)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 0
Potato Grouper - Seabass
(Epinephelus tukula)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1
Yellowback Fusilier - Fusilier
(Caesio xanthonota)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 3
Checkerboard Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres hortulanus)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1
Coral Grouper - Seabass
(Cephalopholis miniata)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 0
Freckled Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Paracirrhites forsteri)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 2
Longfin Bannerfish - Butterflyfish
(Heniochus acuminatus)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 2.33
Madagascar Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon madagaskariensis)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1
Marbled Stingray - Stingray
(Taeniura meyeni)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1
Orangespine Unicornfish - Surgeonfish
(Naso lituratus)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 0
Spotted Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon guttatissimus)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 2
Tennent's Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tennentii)
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 0
Blacklip Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon kleinii)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Bluefin Trevally - Jack
(Caranx melampygus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Bluespine Unicornfish - Surgeonfish
(Naso unicornis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 0
Humpback Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus gibbus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Indian Half-and-half Chromis - Damselfish
(Pycnochromis fieldi)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 3.5
Map Puffer - Puffer
(Arothron mappa)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 0
Meyer's Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon meyeri)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Redlip Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Redtooth Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Odonus niger)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Titan Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistoides viridescens)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Tomato Grouper - Seabass
(Cephalopholis sonnerati)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus chinensis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Two-tone Chromis - Damselfish
(Pycnochromis dimidiatus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2.5
White-spotted Puffer - Puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 0
Whitespotted Grouper - Seabass
(Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 0
Arc-eye Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Paracirrhites arcatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Ayliffe's Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys ayliffe)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 4
Barred Thicklip - Wrasse
(Hemigymnus fasciatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Bengal Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus bengalensis)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Bigeye Trevally - Jack
(Caranx sexfasciatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Black Pyramid Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Hemitaurichthys zoster)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Blotcheye Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis murdjan)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Blue-Spotted Leopard Wrasse - Wrasse
(Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse - Wrasse
(Labroides dimidiatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Caerulean Damsel - Damselfish
(Pomacentrus caeruleopunctatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Dash-dot Goatfish - Goatfish
(Parupeneus barberinus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Diana's Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus diana)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Eyestripe Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus dussumieri)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Fourbar Damsel - Damselfish
(Abudefduf natalensis)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Gold-spotted Sweetlips - Grunt
(Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Horseshoe Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon pictus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Indian Bird Wrasse - Wrasse
(Gomphosus caeruleus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Indian Doublebar Goatfish - Goatfish
(Parupeneus trifasciatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Indian Goatfish - Goatfish
(Parupeneus indicus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Indo-Pacific Sergeant - Damselfish
(Abudefduf vaigiensis)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Leopard Blenny - Blenny - Combtooth
(Exallias brevis)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Lined Bristletooth - Surgeonfish
(Ctenochaetus striatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Longspot Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus fulviflamma)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Marbled Electric Ray - Electric Ray - Torpedo
(Torpedo sinuspersici)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Paletail Unicornfish - Surgeonfish
(Naso brevirostris)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Raccoon Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon lunula)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Regal Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pygoplites diacanthus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Scalefin Anthias - Anthias
(Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 3
Semicircle Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus semicirculatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Sidespot Goatfish - Goatfish
(Parupeneus pleurostigma)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Striped Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus lineatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Tentacled Flathead - Flathead
(Papilloculiceps longiceps)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Threadfin Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon auriga)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Threadfin Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Cirrhitichthys aprinus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Three-spot Dascyllus - Damselfish
(Dascyllus trimaculatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Two-spined Angelfish - Angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Weber's Chromis - Damselfish
(Chromis weberi)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Wedgetail Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Rhinecanthus rectangulus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Weedy Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish and Lionfish
(Rhinopias frondosa)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Whitemouth Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax meleagris)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Whitetip Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis vittata)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Yellow Boxfish - Boxfish
(Ostracion cubicus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Yellow-edged Lyretail - Seabass
(Variola louti)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Yellowmargin Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax flavimarginatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0
Zebra Shark - Zebra Shark
(Stegostoma fasciatum)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 0