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Region: TWA

Geographic Zones: FLORIDA (East Coast and Keys) - Zone 3 » KEYS (Key Largo to Key West, including Fla. Bay) - Zone 34 » Dry Tortugas - Zone 3410 » Mel's Groove - Zone 34100065

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 11/30/25

Total Surveys: 7

#Species Reported: 96

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 53.83

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 39.00

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
3FLORIDA (East Coast and Keys)60106:55
34KEYS (Key Largo to Key West, including Fla. Bay)60106:55
3410Dry Tortugas60106:55
34100065Mel's Groove60106:55
TOTALS60106:55

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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Barred Hamlet (Caribbean) - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus puella)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.14
Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.71
Black Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus nigricans)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1.71
Blue Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus gemma)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.71
Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.57
Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3
Butter Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus unicolor)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.14
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.86
Masked Goby/Glass Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus personatus/hyalinus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.86
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.86
Saddled Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus triangulatus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.14
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.71
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.14
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.29
Spotfin Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ocellatus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.29
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.71
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.29
White Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.29
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.43
Black Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca bonaci)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 1.83
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 2.33
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. venezuelae/C. tortugae)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 2.17
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 3.5
Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 2
Neon Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus oceanops)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 2
Purple Reeffish - Damselfish
(Chromis scotti)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 3.5
Tan Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus randallorum)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 1.67
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 2.33
Yellowtail Damselfish - Damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
SF: 85.71% | DEN: 1.5
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 71.43% | DEN: 2
Blue Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus bermudensis)
SF: 71.43% | DEN: 1.8
Gray Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
SF: 71.43% | DEN: 1.2
Greenblotch Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma atomarium)
SF: 71.43% | DEN: 1.8
Red Grouper - Seabass
(Epinephelus morio)
SF: 71.43% | DEN: 1.6
Tomtate - Grunt
(Haemulon aurolineatum)
SF: 71.43% | DEN: 3.6
Yellowprow Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus xanthiprora)
SF: 71.43% | DEN: 1.6
Beaugregory - Damselfish
(Stegastes leucostictus)
SF: 57.14% | DEN: 2
Hogfish - Wrasse
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
SF: 57.14% | DEN: 1.5
Pallid Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus eidolon)
SF: 57.14% | DEN: 1.75
Papillose Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria chaplini)
SF: 57.14% | DEN: 1.25
Queen Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
SF: 57.14% | DEN: 1.5
Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
SF: 57.14% | DEN: 1.25
Townsend Angelfish (Hybrid Queen/Blue) - Angelfish
(Holacanthus sp. (Hybrid))
SF: 57.14% | DEN: 1
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.33
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.67
Great Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1
Knobbed Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus nodosus)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.67
Leopard Goby - Goby
(Tigrigobius saucras)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.33
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.33
Midnight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.67
Porkfish - Grunt
(Anisotremus virginicus)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 2.33
Queen Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.33
Reef Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon sedentarius)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.33
Seaweed Blenny - Blenny - Combtooth
(Parablennius marmoreus)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1
Spanish Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon macrostoma)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 1.67
Yellowhead Jawfish - Jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
SF: 42.86% | DEN: 2
Ballyhoo - Halfbeak
(Hemiramphus brasiliensis)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 3
Colon Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus dicrus)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 2
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1.5
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 2.5
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 2
Hybrid Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus (Hybrid))
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1
Lofty Triplefin - Triplefin (Blenny)
(Enneanectes altivelis)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1.5
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 2
Mutton Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 2
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1
Roughhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria aspera)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1.5
Sand Diver - Lizardfish
(Synodus intermedius)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1.5
Scamp - Seabass
(Mycteroperca phenax)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 2
Slender Filefish - Filefish
(Monacanthus tuckeri)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1
Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1
Sponge Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Phaeoptyx xenus)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1.5
Unidentified Darkheaded Blenny Emblemariopsis sp. B - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Emblemariopsis sp. B (Darkheaded))
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1.5
Wrasse Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Hemiemblemaria simulus)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 1.5
Yellow Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys martinicus)
SF: 28.57% | DEN: 2.5
Barred Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon binotatus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 2
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 2
Blue Dartfish (Blue Goby) - Dartfish
(Ptereleotris calliurus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 2
Blue Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
Blue Runner - Jack
(Caranx crysos)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
Bluelip Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Cryptotomus roseus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 3
Cero - Mackerel
(Scomberomorus regalis)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
French Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 2
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
Rosy Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus macropus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
Saucereye Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus calamus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
Sharksucker - Remora
(Echeneis naucrates)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 2
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 2
Sunshinefish - Damselfish
(Chromis insolata)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 3
Yellowtail (Redfin) Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma rubripinne)
SF: 14.29% | DEN: 1