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Region: PAC

Geographic Zones: California - Zone 4 » SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - Zone 42 » S Port Hueneme - N Point Fermin (LA County) - Zone 4204 » South Santa Monica Bay (Manhattan Beach - Pt. Vincente) - Zone 420406

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

Dates: 1/1/93 - 10/16/25

Total Surveys: 252

#Species Reported: 186

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 17.14

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 11.29

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)
4California31065110442220:33
42SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA31065110442220:33
4204S Port Hueneme - N Point Fermin (LA County)31065110442220:33
420406South Santa Monica Bay (Manhattan Beach - Pt. Vincente)31065110442220:33
42040601RAT Beach (Redondo and Torrance Beach)808200021:32
42040602Malaga Cove30166811086:42
42040603Haggerty's00850223:03
42040604Flat Rock0040004:14
42040605Rocky Point0003001:51
42040607Redondo Beach Submarine Canyon190211432474:50
42040608Christmas Tree Cove1010002:00
42040609Palawan wreck0070066:21
TOTALS31065110442220:33

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
Bar length corresponds to sighting frequency
Color saturation corresponds to density score
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Kelp Bass - Sea Bass
(Paralabrax clathratus)
SF: 59.68% | DEN: 2.43
Wavy Turban Snail - Mollusks
(Lithopoma undosum)
SF: 55.86% | DEN: 2.48
Garibaldi - Damselfish
(Hypsypops rubicundus)
SF: 52.42% | DEN: 2.5
Rock Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres semicinctus)
SF: 52.42% | DEN: 2.48
Barred Sand Bass - Sea Bass
(Paralabrax nebulifer)
SF: 50.4% | DEN: 2.13
Giant Kelp - Algae
(Macrocystis integrifolia / pyrifera)
SF: 42.34% | DEN: 3.23
Kellet's Whelk - Mollusks
(Kelletia kelletii)
SF: 41.44% | DEN: 2.52
Black Perch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca jacksoni)
SF: 40.73% | DEN: 2.26
Spiny Lobster - Arthropods
(Panulirus interruptus)
SF: 40.54% | DEN: 2.04
Senorita - Wrasse
(Oxyjulis californica)
SF: 39.11% | DEN: 2.76
Blacksmith - Damselfish
(Chromis punctipinnis)
SF: 36.69% | DEN: 2.99
California Sheephead - Wrasse
(Bodianus pulcher)
SF: 33.47% | DEN: 2.14
Opaleye - Sea Chub
(Girella nigricans)
SF: 33.47% | DEN: 2.51
Two-spot Octopus - Mollusks
(Octopus bimaculatus)
SF: 27.03% | DEN: 1.4
Red Sea Hare - Mollusks
(Aplysia californica)
SF: 26.13% | DEN: 1.72
Eccentric Sand Dollar - Echinoderms
(Dendraster excentricus)
SF: 24.32% | DEN: 3.52
Speckled Sanddab - Sand Flounder
(Citharichthys stigmaeus)
SF: 24.19% | DEN: 2.63
Giant Kelpfish - Clinid
(Heterostichus rostratus)
SF: 23.79% | DEN: 1.59
Sargo - Grunt
(Anisotremus davidsoni)
SF: 23.79% | DEN: 2.17
Tube-dwelling Anemone - Cnidarians
(Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
SF: 22.52% | DEN: 1.92
California Halibut - Sand Flounder
(Paralichthys californicus)
SF: 22.18% | DEN: 1.38
Red Octopus - Mollusks
(Octopus rubescens)
SF: 21.62% | DEN: 1.75
Bat Ray - Eagle Ray
(Myliobatis californica)
SF: 20.97% | DEN: 1.75
Giant Spined Star - Echinoderms
(Pisaster giganteus)
SF: 20.72% | DEN: 2.35
Purple Urchin - Echinoderms
(Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
SF: 20.72% | DEN: 2.35
Warty Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus parvimensis)
SF: 19.82% | DEN: 1.82
Blackeye Goby - Goby
(Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
SF: 19.76% | DEN: 1.71
Halfmoon - Sea Chub
(Medialuna californiensis)
SF: 19.35% | DEN: 2.06
Kelp Perch - Surfperch
(Brachyistius frenatus)
SF: 18.15% | DEN: 2.09
Colonial Sand-tube Worm - Annelids
(Phragmatopoma californica)
SF: 18.02% | DEN: 0.5
Strawberry Anemone - Cnidarians
(Corynactis californica)
SF: 18.02% | DEN: 0.9
Horn Shark - Bullhead Shark
(Heterodontus francisci)
SF: 17.74% | DEN: 1.55
Pile Perch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus vacca)
SF: 17.74% | DEN: 1.86
Spanish Shawl - Mollusks
(Flabellina iodinea)
SF: 17.12% | DEN: 1.58
Painted Greenling - Greenling
(Oxylebius pictus)
SF: 16.94% | DEN: 1.69
Sarcastic Fringehead - Blenny (pike, tube and flag)
(Neoclinus blanchardi)
SF: 16.53% | DEN: 1.61
Masking/Sheep Crab - Arthropods
(Loxorthynchus crispatus (L. grandis))
SF: 16.22% | DEN: 1.83
Rock Scallop - Mollusks
(Crassadoma gigantea)
SF: 16.22% | DEN: 2.11
California Golden Gorgonian - Cnidarians
(Muricea californica)
SF: 15.32% | DEN: 2.35
California Corbina - Drum
(Menticirrhus undulatus)
SF: 14.92% | DEN: 2.19
Brown Rock Crab - Arthropods
(Romaleon antennarium)
SF: 14.41% | DEN: 1.81
Feather Duster Worm (E. polymorpha) - Annelids
(Eudistylia polymorpha)
SF: 14.41% | DEN: 2.13
Pacific Sardine - Herring
(Sardinops sagax)
SF: 13.71% | DEN: 3.76
Bat Star - Echinoderms
(Patiria miniata)
SF: 13.51% | DEN: 1.53
Giant Keyhole Limpet - Mollusks
(Megathura crenulata)
SF: 13.51% | DEN: 1.33
Rubberlip Seaperch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus toxotes)
SF: 13.31% | DEN: 1.94
Cabezon - Longfin Sculpins
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
SF: 12.9% | DEN: 1.44
Silversides spp. - Silverside
(Atherinidae spp.)
SF: 12.9% | DEN: 3.03
Northern Kelp Crab - Arthropods
(Pugettia producta)
SF: 12.61% | DEN: 1.5
Unidentified Pipefish - Pipefish & Seahorse
(Syngnathidae spp.)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1.74
California Lizardfish - Lizardfish
(Synodus lucioceps)
SF: 12.1% | DEN: 2.1
California Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish
(Scorpaena guttata)
SF: 12.1% | DEN: 1.63
Zebraperch - Sea Chub
(Hermosilla azurea)
SF: 12.1% | DEN: 2.03
Red Sea Urchin - Echinoderms
(Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
SF: 11.71% | DEN: 2.62
Leopard Shark - Requiem Shark
(Triakis semifasciata)
SF: 11.69% | DEN: 1.34
C-O Sole - Righteye Flounder
(Pleuronichthys coenosus)
SF: 10.89% | DEN: 1.59
California Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus californicus)
SF: 10.81% | DEN: 1.58
Rainbow Seaperch - Surfperch
(Hypsurus caryi)
SF: 10.48% | DEN: 2.35
Salema - Grunt
(Xenistius californiensis)
SF: 10.08% | DEN: 3.44
Shovelnose Guitarfish - Guitarfish
(Rhinobatos productus)
SF: 10.08% | DEN: 1.76
Walleye Surfperch - Surfperch
(Hyperprosopon argenteum)
SF: 10.08% | DEN: 3.32
Christmas Tree Worm - Annelids
(Spirobranchus spinosus)
SF: 9.91% | DEN: 2.73
Shiner Perch - Surfperch
(Cymatogaster aggregata)
SF: 9.68% | DEN: 2.71
Pacific Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena argentea)
SF: 9.27% | DEN: 2.78
Round Stingray - Round Stingray
(Urolophus halleri)
SF: 9.27% | DEN: 1.39
Black Croaker - Drum
(Cheilotrema saturnum)
SF: 8.87% | DEN: 2.55
Red Gorgonian - Cnidarians
(Leptogorgia chilensis)
SF: 8.11% | DEN: 2.33
Southern Staghorn Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Diaperoforma californica)
SF: 8.11% | DEN: 2.44
White Seabass - Drum
(Atractoscion nobilis)
SF: 7.26% | DEN: 2.28
Crowned Urchin - Echinoderms
(Centrostphanus coronatus)
SF: 7.21% | DEN: 1.75
Dwarf Perch - Surfperch
(Micrometrus minimus)
SF: 6.85% | DEN: 2
Olive Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serranoides)
SF: 6.45% | DEN: 1.94
Yellowfin Croaker - Drum
(Umbrina roncador)
SF: 6.45% | DEN: 2.81
Chestnut Cowry - Mollusks
(Cypraea spadicea)
SF: 6.31% | DEN: 1.71
Thornback - Guitarfish
(Platyrhinoidis triseriata)
SF: 6.05% | DEN: 1.6
Treefish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serriceps)
SF: 6.05% | DEN: 1.4
Bluebanded Goby - Goby
(Lythrypnus dalli)
SF: 5.65% | DEN: 2.29
Queenfish - Drum
(Seriphus politus)
SF: 5.65% | DEN: 3.86
Brown Gorgonian - Cnidarians
(Muricea fruticosa)
SF: 5.41% | DEN: 1.5
Cobalt Sponge - Poriferans
(Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta)
SF: 5.41% | DEN: 0.67
San Diego Dorid / Northern Leopard Dorid - Mollusks
(Diaulula sandiegensis / odonoghuei)
SF: 5.41% | DEN: 1.17
Chub Mackerel - Mackerel
(Scomber japonicus)
SF: 5.24% | DEN: 3.15
Southern Spearnose Poacher - Poacher
(Agonopsis sterletus)
SF: 5.24% | DEN: 1.62
Topsmelt - Silverside
(Atherinops affinis)
SF: 5.24% | DEN: 3.54
Unidentified Flatfish - Righteye Flounder
(Flatfish sp.)
SF: 5.24% | DEN: 1.54
Jack Mackerel - Jack
(Trachurus symmetricus)
SF: 4.84% | DEN: 3
Rockpool Blenny - Combtooth Blenny
(Hypsoblennius gilberti)
SF: 4.84% | DEN: 1.58
White Seaperch - Surfperch
(Phanerodon furcatus)
SF: 4.84% | DEN: 2.33
Lewis' Moonsnail - Mollusks
(Neverita lewisii)
SF: 4.5% | DEN: 1.2
Opalescent Nudibranch - Mollusks
(Hermissenda crassicornis / opalescens)
SF: 4.5% | DEN: 1.4
Calico Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes dalli)
SF: 4.44% | DEN: 1.91
Diamond Turbot - Righteye Flounder
(Hypsopsetta guttulata)
SF: 4.44% | DEN: 1.18
Gopher Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes carnatus)
SF: 4.44% | DEN: 1.45
Lingcod - Greenling
(Ophiodon elongatus)
SF: 4.44% | DEN: 1.45
Northern Anchovy - Anchovy
(Engraulis mordax)
SF: 4.44% | DEN: 3.64
Fantail Sole - Sand Flounder
(Xystreurys liolepis)
SF: 4.03% | DEN: 1.3
Jacksmelt - Silverside
(Atherinopsis californiensis)
SF: 4.03% | DEN: 2.8
Kelp Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes atrovirens)
SF: 4.03% | DEN: 1.7
Vermilion Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes miniatus)
SF: 4.03% | DEN: 2.2
Light-bulb Tunicate - Urochordates
(Clavelina huntsmani)
SF: 3.6% | DEN: 2
Spiny Brittlestar - Echinoderms
(Ophiothrix spiculata)
SF: 3.6% | DEN: 2.25
Giant Sea Bass - Wreckfish
(Stereolepis gigas)
SF: 3.23% | DEN: 1.25
Gray Smoothhound - Requiem Shark
(Mustelus californicus)
SF: 3.23% | DEN: 1.75
Hornyhead Turbot - Righteye Flounder
(Pleuronichthys verticalis)
SF: 3.23% | DEN: 1.13
Juvenile (YOY) Rockfish - Unidentified - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp. (YOY))
SF: 3.23% | DEN: 2.5
Spotted Sand Bass - Sea Bass
(Paralabrax maculatofasciatus)
SF: 3.23% | DEN: 1.88
Spotted Turbot - Righteye Flounder
(Pleuronichthys ritteri)
SF: 3.23% | DEN: 1.13
Angel Shark - Angel Shark
(Squatina californica)
SF: 2.82% | DEN: 1
Barred Surfperch - Surfperch
(Amphistichus argenteus)
SF: 2.82% | DEN: 1.57
Black Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes melanops)
SF: 2.82% | DEN: 2
Copper Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes caurinus)
SF: 2.82% | DEN: 1.86
Ocean Whitefish - Tilefish
(Caulolatilus princeps)
SF: 2.82% | DEN: 1.29
Roughback Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Chitonotus pugetensis)
SF: 2.82% | DEN: 1.43
Spotted Kelpfish - Clinid
(Gibbonsia elegans)
SF: 2.82% | DEN: 1.57
Orange Puffball Sponge - Poriferans
(Tethya aurantia)
SF: 2.7% | DEN: 1.33
White Urchin - Echinoderms
(Lytechinus anamesus)
SF: 2.7% | DEN: 1
Blue Rockfish - generic ID - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes mystinus/diaconus)
SF: 2.42% | DEN: 2
Bluebanded Ronquil (R. hypoplecta) - Ronquil
(Rathbunella hypoplecta)
SF: 2.42% | DEN: 1.17
Brown Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes auriculatus)
SF: 2.42% | DEN: 1.5
Grass Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes rastrelliger)
SF: 2.42% | DEN: 1
Halfbanded Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes semicinctus)
SF: 2.42% | DEN: 2.5
Island Kelpfish - Labrisomids
(Alloclinus holderi)
SF: 2.42% | DEN: 1.33
Pacific Sanddab - Sand Flounder
(Citharichthys sordidus)
SF: 2.42% | DEN: 1.67
Unidentified Kelpfish - Clinid
(Clinidae spp.)
SF: 2.02% | DEN: 1.8
Unidentified Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Psychrolutidae spp.)
SF: 2.02% | DEN: 1.6
Unidentified Surfperch - Surfperch
(Embiotocidae spp.)
SF: 2.02% | DEN: 1.8
Fluted Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Primavelans insculpta)
SF: 1.8% | DEN: 2
Red Turban Snail - Mollusks
(Lithopoma gibberosum)
SF: 1.8% | DEN: 2
Sea Lemon - Mollusks
(Peltodoris nobilis)
SF: 1.8% | DEN: 1.5
Stalked Tunicate - Urochordates
(Styela montereyensis)
SF: 1.8% | DEN: 2
Unidentified Abalone - Mollusks
(Haliotis sp.)
SF: 1.8% | DEN: 1
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes chrysomelas)
SF: 1.61% | DEN: 1.25
Chillipepper - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes goodei)
SF: 1.61% | DEN: 2.75
Kelp Greenling - Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus)
SF: 1.61% | DEN: 1.25
Onespot Fringehead - Blenny (pike, tube and flag)
(Neoclinus uninotatus)
SF: 1.61% | DEN: 1.25
Plainfin Midshipman - Toadfish
(Porichthys notatus)
SF: 1.61% | DEN: 1.75
Spotfin Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Icelinus tenuis)
SF: 1.61% | DEN: 1.25
Spotted Cusk-eel - Cusk-Eel
(Chilara taylori)
SF: 1.61% | DEN: 2
Tubesnout - Tubesnout
(Aulorhynchus flavidus)
SF: 1.61% | DEN: 1.25
Bay Goby - Goby
(Lepidogobius lepidus)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 1.67
Honeycomb Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes umbrosus)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 1.33
Reef Perch - Surfperch
(Micrometrus aurora)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 2.33
Rosy Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes rosaceus)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 2
Scalyhead Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Artedius harringtoni)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 1
Southern Rock Sole - Righteye Flounder
(Lepidopsetta bilineata)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 1.67
Spiny Dogfish - Dogfish Shark
(Squalus suckleyi)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 1
Yellowchin Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Icelinus quadriseriatus)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 2
Zebra Goby - Goby
(Lythrypnus zebra)
SF: 1.21% | DEN: 1.33
Green Abalone - Mollusks
(Haliotis fulgens)
SF: 0.9% | DEN: 2
Lacy Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Phidolopora pacifica)
SF: 0.9% | DEN: 2
Orange Cup Coral - Cnidarians
(Balanophyllia elegans)
SF: 0.9% | DEN: 2
Red Abalone - Mollusks
(Haliotis rufescens)
SF: 0.9% | DEN: 2
Red Volcano Sponge - Poriferans
(Acamus erithacus)
SF: 0.9% | DEN: 1
Southern Sea Palm - Algae
(Eisenia arborea)
SF: 0.9% | DEN: 3
Bigmouth Sole - Sand Flounder
(Hippoglossina stomata)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1
Bocaccio - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes paucispinis)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 3.5
Bocaccio Rockfish YOY - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes paucispinus (YOY))
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 2
California Tonguefish - Tonguefishes
(Symphurus atricaudus)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1
Finescale Triggerfish - Leatherjacket
(Balistes polylepis)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1
Longfin Sculpin - Longfin Sculpins
(Jordania zonope)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1
Northern Spearnose Poacher - Poacher
(Agonopsis vulsa)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1
Pacific Staghorn Sculpin - Sculpin
(Leptocottus armatus)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1
Striped Bass - Temperate Bass
(Morone saxatilis)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1
Unidentified Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp.)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 2.5
Yellowfin Fringehead - Blenny (pike, tube and flag)
(Neoclinus stephensae)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1.5
Yellowtail - Jack
(Seriola lalandi)
SF: 0.81% | DEN: 1.5
Bay Blenny - Combtooth Blenny
(Hypsoblennius gentilis)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Bull Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Enophrys taurina)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
California Grunion - Neotropical Silversides
(Leuresthes tenuis)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
California Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax mordax)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Coralline Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Artedius corallinus)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Crevice Kelpfish - Clinid
(Gibbonsia montereyensis)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 2
Curlfin Sole - Righteye Flounder
(Pleuronichthys decurrens)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 2
Diamond Stingray - Stingray
(Dasyatis dipterura)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Green Jack - Jack
(Caranx caballus)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Grunt Sculpin - Grunt Sculpins
(Rhamphocottus richardsonii)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Kelp Pipefish - Pipefish & Seahorse
(Syngnathus californiensis)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 3
Longspine Combfish - Greenling
(Zaniolepis latipinnis)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Pacific Electric Ray - Electric Ray
(Torpedo californica)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Pacific Hake - Cod
(Merluccius productus)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 2
Pacific Seahorse - Pipefish & Seahorse
(Hippocampus ingens)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 2
Pygmy Poacher - Poacher
(Odontopyxis trispinosa)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Striped Kelpfish - Clinid
(Gibbonsia metzi)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Striped Mullet - Mullet
(Mugil cephalus)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 2
Striped Seaperch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca lateralis)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 1
Woolly Sculpin - Marine Sculpins
(Clinocottus analis)
SF: 0.4% | DEN: 2