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Region: TWA

Geographic Zones: BAHAMAS, TURKS & CAICOS - Zone 4 » CENTRAL BAHAMAS (S of New Prov. Chan & N of Crooke - Zone 42 » New Providence Island - Zone 4201 » The Valley (Goulding Cay) - Zone 42010038

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 11/3/25

Total Surveys: 17

#Species Reported: 136

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 57.33

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 55.79

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
4BAHAMAS, TURKS & CAICOS3014016:38
42CENTRAL BAHAMAS (S of New Prov. Chan & N of Crooke3014016:38
4201New Providence Island3014016:38
42010038The Valley (Goulding Cay)3014016:38
TOTALS3014016:38

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.18
Fairy Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma loreto)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.94
Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.35
Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.94
Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus maculatus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1.94
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.12
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 3.13
Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 2.81
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 2.19
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 2.56
Schoolmaster - Snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 2.38
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 2.19
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 2.94
Tiger Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca tigris)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 1.88
White Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 2.25
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 94.12% | DEN: 3
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 2.8
Creole Wrasse - Wrasse
(Bodianus parrae)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 3.27
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 2.53
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 2
Queen Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 2.8
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 2.93
Yellow Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys martinicus)
SF: 88.24% | DEN: 2.67
Bermuda Chub/Gray Chub - Chub
(Kyphosus sectatrix / K. bigibbus)
SF: 82.35% | DEN: 2.43
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 82.35% | DEN: 1.79
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 82.35% | DEN: 1.79
Yellowtail (Redfin) Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma rubripinne)
SF: 82.35% | DEN: 2.64
Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 2.85
Brown Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina multilineata)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 3.15
Gray Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 1.77
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 2.62
Redtail Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma chrysopterum)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 2.31
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 2
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 76.47% | DEN: 2.62
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 70.59% | DEN: 2.67
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 70.59% | DEN: 2
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 70.59% | DEN: 1.92
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 70.59% | DEN: 2.25
Yellowtail Damselfish - Damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
SF: 70.59% | DEN: 2.5
Beaugregory - Damselfish
(Stegastes leucostictus)
SF: 64.71% | DEN: 1.64
Banded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
SF: 58.82% | DEN: 1.8
Coney - Seabass
(Cephalopholis fulva)
SF: 58.82% | DEN: 1.9
Masked Goby/Glass Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus personatus/hyalinus)
SF: 58.82% | DEN: 3.3
Porkfish - Grunt
(Anisotremus virginicus)
SF: 58.82% | DEN: 1.6
Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 58.82% | DEN: 1.3
Blue Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 2
Caesar Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon carbonarium)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 1.67
Dusky Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes adustus)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 1.89
Greenblotch Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma atomarium)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 2.22
Redlip Blenny - Blenny - Combtooth
(Ophioblennius macclurei)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 2.22
Saucereye Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus calamus)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 1.44
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 2.56
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 52.94% | DEN: 2
Mahogany Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus mahogoni)
SF: 47.06% | DEN: 2.13
Nassau Grouper - Seabass
(Epinephelus striatus)
SF: 47.06% | DEN: 1.63
Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
SF: 47.06% | DEN: 1.63
Tobaccofish - Seabass
(Serranus tabacarius)
SF: 47.06% | DEN: 1.63
Barred Hamlet (Caribbean) - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus puella)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.86
Cleaning Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus genie)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.57
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.43
Queen Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.86
Redspotted Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Amblycirrhitus pinos)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.71
Sailors Choice - Grunt
(Haemulon parra)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 1.43
Sand Tilefish - Tilefish
(Malacanthus plumieri)
SF: 41.18% | DEN: 2.14
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 35.29% | DEN: 2.5
Cero - Mackerel
(Scomberomorus regalis)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1.6
Pallid Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus eidolon)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1.8
Princess Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 2.6
Saddled Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus triangulatus)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 1.8
Sharksucker - Remora
(Echeneis naucrates)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 2
Unidentified Silvery Fish (Silversides / Anchovies / Herrings) - Silvery Fishes - Silversides, Herrings, and Anchovies
(Atheriniformes sp./ Clupeiformes sp.)
SF: 29.41% | DEN: 3.2
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 1.75
Honeycomb Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion polygonius)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 1
Indigo Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus indigo)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 1.75
Reef Shark (Caribbean) - Requiem Shark
(Carcharhinus perezii)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 2.25
Scrawled Filefish - Filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 1.5
Spotfin Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ocellatus)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 2
Yellowhead Jawfish - Jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
SF: 23.53% | DEN: 2.5
Boga - Grunt
(Haemulon vittatum)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 3.67
Dog Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus jocu)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 1.67
Great Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 2.33
Mutton Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 1
Peacock Flounder - Flounder
(Bothus lunatus)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 1
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 1
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 1.33
Sharknose Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus evelynae)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 1.33
Spotted Eagle Ray - Eagle Ray
(Aetobatus narinari)
SF: 17.65% | DEN: 1
Balloonfish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon holocanthus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1
Black Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca bonaci)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 3
Blackbar Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 2
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. venezuelae/C. tortugae)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 2
Crevalle Jack - Jack
(Caranx hippos)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1.5
Golden Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus gummigutta)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 2
Greater Soapfish - Soapfishes
(Rypticus saponaceus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1.5
Green Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys splendens)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1.5
Hogfish - Wrasse
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1
Jolthead Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus bajonado)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1.5
Longjaw Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Neoniphon marianus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1.5
Longsnout Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon aculeatus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 2
Midnight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1.5
Pluma - Porgy
(Calamus pennatula)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1
Rainbow Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus guacamaia)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1
Rainbow Runner - Jack
(Elagatis bipinnulata)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 3.5
Rosy Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus macropus)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1
Spotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax moringa)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1
Sunshinefish - Damselfish
(Chromis insolata)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 3.5
White Margate - Grunt
(Haemulon album)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 1
Yellowmouth Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca interstitialis)
SF: 11.76% | DEN: 3
African Pompano - Jack
(Alectis ciliaris)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2
Almaco Jack - Jack
(Seriola rivoliana)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Atlantic Spadefish - Spadefish
(Chaetodipterus faber)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2
Ballyhoo - Halfbeak
(Hemiramphus brasiliensis)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2
Bandtail Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Bluelip Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Cryptotomus roseus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Broadstripe Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus prochilos)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Colon Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus dicrus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Diamond Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus boehlkei)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Goldentail Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax miliaris)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Green Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax funebris)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Horse-eye Jack - Jack
(Caranx latus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2
Nurse Shark - Carpet Shark
(Ginglymostoma cirratum)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Orangespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines pullus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Permit - Jack
(Trachinotus falcatus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2
Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres pictus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 3
Red Lizardfish - Lizardfish
(Synodus synodus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Reef Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus coruscus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Rock Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus adscensionis)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Rosy Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys martinicensis)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2
Sand Diver - Lizardfish
(Synodus intermedius)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Scrawled Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Southern Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus americanus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Spinyhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria spinosa)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2
Spotfin Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus pulchellus)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Yellow Stingray - Round Stingrays
(Urobatis jamaicensis)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 1
Yellowfin Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca venenosa)
SF: 5.88% | DEN: 2