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Geographic Zones: Central America - Zone 6 » Costa Rica - Zone 65 » s. Playa del Coco - San Juanillo - Zone 6502 » s. Playa del Coco - Playa Conchal - Zone 650202 » Escorpiones / Escorpion Punta / Scorpion Point - Zone 65020221

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 7/6/25

Total Surveys: 16

#Species Reported: 99

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 50.50

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 34.14

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
6Central America2014015:23
65Costa Rica2014015:23
6502s. Playa del Coco - San Juanillo2014015:23
650202s. Playa del Coco - Playa Conchal2014015:23
65020221Escorpiones / Escorpion Punta / Scorpion Point2014015:23
TOTALS2014015:23

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Balloonfish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon holocanthus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.5
King Angelfish - Angelfish - Ángel
(Holacanthus passer)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.25
Panamic Sergeant Major - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Abudefduf troschelii)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.75
Barberfish - Butterflyfish - Pez Mariposa
(Johnrandallia nigrirostris)
SF: 93.75% | DEN: 3.2
Panamic Soldierfish - Squirrelfish - Candil
(Myripristis leiognathus)
SF: 93.75% | DEN: 2.2
Threebanded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish - Pez Mariposa
(Chaetodon humeralis)
SF: 93.75% | DEN: 2.6
Flag Cabrilla - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Epinephelus labriformis)
SF: 87.5% | DEN: 2.29
Panama Graysby - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Cephalopholis panamensis)
SF: 87.5% | DEN: 2.36
Spottail Grunt - Grunt - Burro
(Haemulon maculicauda)
SF: 87.5% | DEN: 3.71
Cortez Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Thalassoma lucasanum)
SF: 81.25% | DEN: 3.23
Orangeside Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Sufflamen verres)
SF: 81.25% | DEN: 2.38
Reef Cornetfish - Cornetfish
(Fistularia commersonii)
SF: 81.25% | DEN: 2.46
Spotted Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster punctatissima)
SF: 81.25% | DEN: 2.62
Barred Serrano - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Serranus psittacinus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.42
Chameleon Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres dispilus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 3.42
Mexican Hogfish - Wrasse - Señorita
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.58
Pacific Creolefish - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Cephalopholis colonus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.5
Spinster Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres nicholsi)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.5
Beaubrummel - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Stegastes flavilatus)
SF: 68.75% | DEN: 2.82
Bluechin Parrotfish - Parrotfish - Loro
(Scarus ghobban)
SF: 68.75% | DEN: 2.64
Scissortail Chromis - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Azurina atrilobata)
SF: 68.75% | DEN: 3.64
Spotted Rose Snapper - Snapper - Pargo
(Lutjanus guttatus)
SF: 68.75% | DEN: 3.18
Tinsel Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish - Candil
(Sargocentron suborbitalis)
SF: 68.75% | DEN: 1.73
Acapulco Damselfish - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Stegastes acapulcoensis)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 2.6
Coral Hawkfish - Hawkfish - Halcón
(Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 2
Jewel Moray - Moray
(Muraena lentiginosa)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 1.3
Mexican Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys dentatus)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 2.6
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 1.6
Stone Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish - Escorpiones
(Scorpaena mystes)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 1.5
Stripebelly Puffer - Puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 1.6
Wounded Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres chierchiae)
SF: 62.5% | DEN: 2.6
Cortez Angelfish - Angelfish - Ángel
(Pomacanthus zonipectus)
SF: 56.25% | DEN: 1.89
Panamic Fanged Blenny - Blenny
(Ophioblennius steindachneri)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.88
Panamic Green Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax castaneus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.63
Redhead Goby - Goby - Gobio
(Tigrigobius puncticulatus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.75
Cortez Grunt - Grunt - Burro
(Haemulon flaviguttatum)
SF: 43.75% | DEN: 3
Giant Hawkfish - Hawkfish - Halcón
(Cirrhitus rivulatus)
SF: 43.75% | DEN: 1.57
Redlight Goby - Goby - Gobio
(Coryphopterus urospilus)
SF: 43.75% | DEN: 2.29
Round Stingray - Round Stingrays
(Urobatis halleri)
SF: 37.5% | DEN: 1.33
Cortez Damselfish juvenile - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Stegastes rectifraenum)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 2
Golden Snapper - Snapper - Pargo
(Lutjanus inermis)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 3.4
Panamic Barnacle Blenny - Blenny - Pike / Tube / Flag
(Acanthemblemaria hancocki)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 1.8
Starry (aka Snowflake) Moray - Moray
(Echidna nebulosa)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 1.2
Yellowfin Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish - Cirujano
(Acanthurus xanthopterus)
SF: 31.25% | DEN: 2.8
Bigscale Soldierfish - Squirrelfish - Candil
(Myripristis berndti)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.25
Blunthead Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes naufragium)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.5
Cortez Damselfish adult - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Stegastes rectifraenum)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2.25
Guineafowl Puffer - Puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.75
Latin Grunt - Grunt - Burro
(Haemulon steindachneri)
SF: 25% | DEN: 3
Mottled Soapfish - Soapfishes
(Rypticus bicolor)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.5
Pacific Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus brachysomus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.75
Pacific Spadefish - Spadefish
(Chaetodipterus zonatus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2.5
White-Tipped Reef Shark - Requiem Shark
(Triaenodon obesus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.75
Almaco Jack - Jack - Jurel
(Seriola rivoliana)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 2
Bullseye Electric Ray - Electric Ray
(Diplobatis ommata)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 1.33
Flagtail Blanquillo (Quakerfish) - Tilefishes
(Malacanthus brevirostris)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 2.33
Giant Damselfish adult - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Microspathodon dorsalis)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 2
Humpback Grunt (aka Brassy Grunt) - Grunt - Burro
(Microlepidotus brevipinnis)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 3.33
Long-tailed Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus longus)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 2.33
Moorish Idol - Moorish Idol
(Zanclus cornutus)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 1.67
Rainbow Chub - Chub - Chopa
(Sectator ocyurus)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 2
Razor Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish - Cirujano
(Prionurus laticlavius)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 2.67
Tailspot Cardinal - Cardinalfish - Cardenal
(Apogon dovii)
SF: 18.75% | DEN: 2.33
Amarillo (Yellow) Snapper - Snapper - Pargo
(Lutjanus argentiventris)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 3
Barred Pargo - Snapper - Pargo
(Hoplopagrus guentherii)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Bicolor Parrotfish - Parrotfish - Loro
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2.5
Fantail Pipefish - Pipefish & Seahorse
(Doryrhamphus excisus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Finescale Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistes polylepis)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2.5
Giant Damselfish juvenile - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Microspathodon dorsalis)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1.5
Longnose Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides lobatus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1
Pacific Mutton Hamlet - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Alphestes immaculatus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1.5
Undulated Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax undulatus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 1.5
Yellowtail Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish - Cirujano
(Prionurus punctatus)
SF: 12.5% | DEN: 2
Banded Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres notospilus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Bluntspine Blenny - Blenny - Pike / Tube / Flag
(Acanthemblemaria exilispinus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Bumphead Damselfish - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Microspathodon bairdii)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Bumphead Parrotfish - Parrotfish - Loro
(Scarus perrico)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Calico Lizardfish - Lizardfish
(Synodus lacertinus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Elegant Clingfish - Clingfishes and singleslits
(Arcos decoris)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Finespotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax dovii)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Fishgod Blenny - Blenny
(Malacoctenus ebisui)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Golden Trevally - Jack - Jurel
(Gnathanodon speciosus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Gorgona Guitarfish - Guitarfish
(Pseudobatos prahli)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Green Sea Turtle - Sea Turtle - Tortuga
(Chelonia mydas)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Leather Bass - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Dermatolepis dermatolepis)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Machete - Tenpounders
(Elops affinis)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 4
Milkfish - Milkfish
(Chanos chanos)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 4
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle - Sea Turtle - Tortuga
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Panamic Night Sergeant - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Abudefduf concolor)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Pink Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish - Cardenal
(Apogon pacificus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Player Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish - Escorpiones
(Scorpaena histrio)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Rainbow Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish - Escorpiones
(Scorpaenodes xyris)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Redside Blenny - Blenny
(Malacoctenus hubbsi)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Roughjaw Frogfish - Frogfish
(Antennarius avalonis)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Sabertooth Blenny - Blenny
(Plagiotremus azaleus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Shovelnose Guitarfish - Guitarfish
(Rhinobatos productos)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Spotted Eagle Ray - Eagle Ray
(Aetobatus narinari)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1
Tiger Snake Eel - Snake Eel
(Myrichthys xysturus)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 2
Zebra Moray - Moray
(Gymnomuraena zebra)
SF: 6.25% | DEN: 1