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Region: PAC

Geographic Zones: California - Zone 4 » NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - Zone 41 » S Davenport - Point Lobos Reserve - Zone 4114 » Breakwater - Pt Pinos - Zone 411402 » Otter Cove/Pacific Grove Area - Zone 4114026 » Otter Cove offshore (boat dive) - Zone 41140264

Survey Types: Fish Only, Invertebrates Only, Fish & Invertebrates

Dates: 1/1/93 - 10/15/25

Total Surveys: 32

#Species Reported: 83

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 15.11

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 14.57

Survey Type: FO = Fish Only; IO = Invertebrates Only; FI = Fish & Invertebrates - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameFOIOFIFOIOFI(H:M)
4California801160726:50
41NORTHERN CALIFORNIA801160726:50
4114S Davenport - Point Lobos Reserve801160726:50
411402Breakwater - Pt Pinos801160726:50
4114026Otter Cove/Pacific Grove Area801160726:50
41140264Otter Cove offshore (boat dive)801160726:50
TOTALS801160726:50

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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Bat Star - Echinoderms
(Patiria miniata)
SF: 87.5% | DEN: 3.14
Giant Spined Star - Echinoderms
(Pisaster giganteus)
SF: 87.5% | DEN: 2.43
Orange Puffball Sponge - Poriferans
(Tethya aurantia)
SF: 87.5% | DEN: 2.29
Kelp Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes atrovirens)
SF: 84.38% | DEN: 2.26
Painted Greenling - Greenling
(Oxylebius pictus)
SF: 84.38% | DEN: 2.11
Blackeye Goby - Goby
(Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
SF: 78.13% | DEN: 2.08
Giant Kelp - Algae
(Macrocystis integrifolia / pyrifera)
SF: 75% | DEN: 3.17
Giant Keyhole Limpet - Mollusks
(Megathura crenulata)
SF: 75% | DEN: 1.5
Gumboot Chiton - Mollusks
(Cryptochiton stelleri)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.33
Black Perch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca jacksoni)
SF: 71.88% | DEN: 2.09
Kelp Greenling - Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus)
SF: 71.88% | DEN: 1.83
Striped Seaperch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca lateralis)
SF: 65.63% | DEN: 2.05
Blue Rockfish - generic ID - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus/diaconus)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 2.6
Lingcod - Greenling
(Ophiodon elongatus)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 1.95
Masking/Sheep Crab - Arthropods
(Loxorthynchus crispatus (L. grandis))
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 2
Pile Perch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus vacca)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 2.15
Juvenile (YOY) Rockfish - Unidentified - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp. (YOY))
SF: 59.38% | DEN: 2.63
Gopher Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes carnatus)
SF: 53.13% | DEN: 1.65
California Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus californicus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.5
Feather Duster Worm (E. polymorpha) - Annelids
(Eudistylia polymorpha)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.5
Stalked Tunicate - Urochordates
(Styela montereyensis)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2
Strawberry Anemone - Cnidarians
(Corynactis californica)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1
Sunflower Star - Echinoderms
(Pycnopodia helianthoides)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2
White-spotted Anemone - Cnidarians
(Urticina sp.)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.75
Speckled Sanddab - Sand Flounder
(Citharichthys stigmaeus)
SF: 46.88% | DEN: 1.87
Black Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes melanops)
SF: 37.5% | DEN: 2.08
Light-bulb Tunicate - Urochordates
(Clavelina huntsmani)
SF: 37.5% | DEN: 2.33
Red Volcano Sponge - Poriferans
(Acamus erithacus)
SF: 37.5% | DEN: 1.33
Sea Lemon - Mollusks
(Peltodoris nobilis)
SF: 37.5% | DEN: 1.33
Cabezon - Longfin Sculpins
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 1.6
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes chrysomelas)
SF: 28.13% | DEN: 1.67
Coralline Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Artedius corallinus)
SF: 28.13% | DEN: 1.44
Kelp Perch - Surfperch
(Brachyistius frenatus)
SF: 28.13% | DEN: 1.89
Cobalt Sponge - Poriferans
(Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Coonstripe Shrimp - Arthropods
(Pandalus danae / gurneyi)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Lacy Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Phidolopora pacifica)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Leather Star - Echinoderms
(Dermasterias imbricata)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Opalescent Nudibranch - Mollusks
(Hermissenda crassicornis / opalescens)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Orange Cup Coral - Cnidarians
(Balanophyllia elegans)
SF: 25% | DEN: 3
Purple Urchin - Echinoderms
(Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 3.5
Red Turban Snail - Mollusks
(Lithopoma gibberosum)
SF: 25% | DEN: 3.5
San Diego Dorid / Northern Leopard Dorid - Mollusks
(Diaulula sandiegensis / odonoghuei)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1
Spiny Brittlestar - Echinoderms
(Ophiothrix spiculata)
SF: 25% | DEN: 3
Warty Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus parvimensis)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.5
Snubnose Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Orthonopias triacis)
SF: 21.88% | DEN: 1.43
Rubberlip Seaperch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus toxotes)
SF: 15.63% | DEN: 1.8
Bull Kelp - Algae
(Nereocystis luetkeana)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 3
Chestnut Cowry - Mollusks
(Cypraea spadicea)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Christmas Tree Worm - Annelids
(Spirobranchus spinosus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1
Colonial Sand-tube Worm - Annelids
(Phragmatopoma californica)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1
Eccentric Sand Dollar - Echinoderms
(Dendraster excentricus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 3
Fluted Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Primavelans insculpta)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Kellet's Whelk - Mollusks
(Kelletia kelletii)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Northern Kelp Crab - Arthropods
(Pugettia producta)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1
Northern Staghorn Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Heteropora pacifica)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Rainbow Seaperch - Surfperch
(Hypsurus caryi)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1.5
Red Abalone - Mollusks
(Haliotis rufescens)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Red Sea Hare - Mollusks
(Aplysia californica)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Red Sea Urchin - Echinoderms
(Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 3
Rock Scallop - Mollusks
(Crassadoma gigantea)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Tube-dwelling Anemone - Cnidarians
(Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Copper Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes caurinus)
SF: 9.38% | DEN: 1.67
Olive Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serranoides)
SF: 9.38% | DEN: 1.67
Senorita - Wrasse
(Oxyjulis californica)
SF: 9.38% | DEN: 2.33
Yellowtail Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes flavidus)
SF: 9.38% | DEN: 2.33
California Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish
(Scorpaena guttata)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
California Sheephead - Wrasse
(Bodianus pulcher)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Crevice Kelpfish - Clinid
(Gibbonsia montereyensis)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Scalyhead Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Artedius harringtoni)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1.5
Treefish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serriceps)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Tubesnout - Tubesnout
(Aulorhynchus flavidus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1.5
Bat Ray - Eagle Ray
(Myliobatis californica)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 4
Blue / Deacon Rockfish YOY - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus / diaconus (YOY))
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 4
Blue Rockfish (was Blue-blotched species) - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 4
Bocaccio - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes paucispinis)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 1
Brown Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes auriculatus)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 1
Kelp Bass - Sea Bass
(Paralabrax clathratus)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 2
Longfin Sculpin - Longfin Sculpins
(Jordania zonope)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 1
Pacific Sand Lance - Sand Lance
(Ammodytes personatus)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 4
Pacific Sanddab - Sand Flounder
(Citharichthys sordidus)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 2
Rock Greenling - Greenling
(Hexagrammos lagocephalus)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 1
Unidentified Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Psychrolutidae spp.)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 1
Vermilion Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes miniatus)
SF: 3.13% | DEN: 1