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Region: PAC

Geographic Zones: California - Zone 4 » NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - Zone 41 » S Point Estero - N Point Buchon - Zone 4117 » Target Rock / Morro Rock (Morro Bay) - Zone 41170005

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

Dates: 1/1/93 - 10/29/25

Total Surveys: 36

#Species Reported: 75

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 0

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 26.11

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)
4California000203441:16
41NORTHERN CALIFORNIA000203441:16
4117S Point Estero - N Point Buchon000203441:16
41170005Target Rock / Morro Rock (Morro Bay)000203441:16
TOTALS000203441:16

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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Giant Kelp - Algae
(Macrocystis integrifolia / pyrifera)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.35
Kellet's Whelk - Mollusks
(Kelletia kelletii)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.41
Strawberry Anemone - Cnidarians
(Corynactis californica)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1
Blackeye Goby - Goby
(Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
SF: 97.22% | DEN: 2.8
Bat Star - Echinoderms
(Patiria miniata)
SF: 97.06% | DEN: 2.91
Tube-dwelling Anemone - Cnidarians
(Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
SF: 97.06% | DEN: 2.58
Painted Greenling - Greenling
(Oxylebius pictus)
SF: 94.44% | DEN: 2.41
Masking/Sheep Crab - Arthropods
(Loxorthynchus crispatus (L. grandis))
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 1.87
Orange Cup Coral - Cnidarians
(Balanophyllia elegans)
SF: 85.29% | DEN: 2.97
Black Perch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca jacksoni)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.67
Pile Perch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus vacca)
SF: 80.56% | DEN: 2.69
Purple Urchin - Echinoderms
(Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
SF: 79.41% | DEN: 1.85
Kelp Bass - Sea Bass
(Paralabrax clathratus)
SF: 72.22% | DEN: 2.04
Sea Lemon - Mollusks
(Peltodoris nobilis)
SF: 70.59% | DEN: 2
Juvenile (YOY) Rockfish - Unidentified - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp. (YOY))
SF: 69.44% | DEN: 2.44
Warty Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus parvimensis)
SF: 67.65% | DEN: 1.7
Rock Scallop - Mollusks
(Crassadoma gigantea)
SF: 64.71% | DEN: 1.91
Stalked Tunicate - Urochordates
(Styela montereyensis)
SF: 64.71% | DEN: 1.91
Light-bulb Tunicate - Urochordates
(Clavelina huntsmani)
SF: 61.76% | DEN: 2.1
Olive Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serranoides)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 1.86
Lingcod - Greenling
(Ophiodon elongatus)
SF: 55.56% | DEN: 1.3
Brown Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes auriculatus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.78
Leather Star - Echinoderms
(Dermasterias imbricata)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.53
California Sheephead - Wrasse
(Bodianus pulcher)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 1.56
Red Sea Urchin - Echinoderms
(Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
SF: 44.12% | DEN: 1.73
Rainbow Seaperch - Surfperch
(Hypsurus caryi)
SF: 41.67% | DEN: 2.47
Senorita - Wrasse
(Oxyjulis californica)
SF: 41.67% | DEN: 2.2
Crowned Urchin - Echinoderms
(Centrostphanus coronatus)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.29
Barred Sand Bass - Sea Bass
(Paralabrax nebulifer)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 1.43
Gopher Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes carnatus)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 1.64
Speckled Sanddab - Sand Flounder
(Citharichthys stigmaeus)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 1.57
Red Gorgonian - Cnidarians
(Leptogorgia chilensis)
SF: 38.24% | DEN: 1
Blue Rockfish (was Blue-blotched species) - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus)
SF: 36.11% | DEN: 2
Copper Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes caurinus)
SF: 36.11% | DEN: 1.31
Giant Spined Star - Echinoderms
(Pisaster giganteus)
SF: 35.29% | DEN: 1.42
Fluted Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Primavelans insculpta)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1.8
Oarweed - Algae
(Laminaria farlowii)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 2.3
Spanish Shawl - Mollusks
(Flabellina iodinea)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1.7
Blacksmith - Damselfish
(Chromis punctipinnis)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 2.3
Kelp Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes atrovirens)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 1.4
Striped Seaperch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca lateralis)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 1.6
Red Sea Hare - Mollusks
(Aplysia californica)
SF: 26.47% | DEN: 1.56
San Diego Dorid / Northern Leopard Dorid - Mollusks
(Diaulula sandiegensis / odonoghuei)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 1.25
Opaleye - Sea Chub
(Girella nigricans)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 2
Eccentric Sand Dollar - Echinoderms
(Dendraster excentricus)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 2.17
Cabezon - Longfin Sculpins
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 1
Vermilion Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes miniatus)
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 1.6
Vermilion Rockfish YOY - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes miniatus (YOY))
SF: 13.89% | DEN: 2.2
Opalescent Nudibranch - Mollusks
(Hermissenda crassicornis / opalescens)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1.25
White Seaperch - Surfperch
(Phanerodon furcatus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.75
Bull Kelp - Algae
(Nereocystis luetkeana)
SF: 8.82% | DEN: 1.67
Lewis' Moonsnail - Mollusks
(Neverita lewisii)
SF: 8.82% | DEN: 1
Blue / Deacon Rockfish YOY - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus / diaconus (YOY))
SF: 8.33% | DEN: 1.33
Coonstripe Shrimp - Arthropods
(Pandalus danae / gurneyi)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Red Abalone - Mollusks
(Haliotis rufescens)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Bocaccio - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes paucispinis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Rock Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres semicinctus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1.5
Rubberlip Seaperch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus toxotes)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1.5
Chestnut Cowry - Mollusks
(Cypraea spadicea)
SF: 2.94% | DEN: 1
Feather Duster Worm (E. polymorpha) - Annelids
(Eudistylia polymorpha)
SF: 2.94% | DEN: 1
Northern Sea Palm - Algae
(Pterygophora californica)
SF: 2.94% | DEN: 1
Red Octopus - Mollusks
(Octopus rubescens)
SF: 2.94% | DEN: 1
Red Rock Shrimp - Arthropods
(Lysmata californica)
SF: 2.94% | DEN: 2
Red Volcano Sponge - Poriferans
(Acamus erithacus)
SF: 2.94% | DEN: 1
Spiny Brittlestar - Echinoderms
(Ophiothrix spiculata)
SF: 2.94% | DEN: 1
Two-spot Octopus - Mollusks
(Octopus bimaculatus)
SF: 2.94% | DEN: 1
Bat Ray - Eagle Ray
(Myliobatis californica)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes chrysomelas)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Blue Rockfish - generic ID - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus/diaconus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
C-O Sole - Righteye Flounder
(Pleuronichthys coenosus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
California Halibut - Sand Flounder
(Paralichthys californicus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Kelp Greenling - Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1
Kelp Perch - Surfperch
(Brachyistius frenatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 2
Silversides spp. - Silverside
(Atherinidae spp.)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 3
Wolf-eel - Wolffish
(Anarrhichthys ocellatus)
SF: 2.78% | DEN: 1