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Region: TWA

Geographic Zones: GREATER ANTILLES & VIRGIN ISLANDS - Zone 6 » US Virgin Islands - Zone 64 » St Thomas - Zone 6402 » Barracuda Point (Buck Island) - Zone 64020022

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 10/14/25

Total Surveys: 3

#Species Reported: 105

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 69.00

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 76.00

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
6GREATER ANTILLES & VIRGIN ISLANDS20103:12
64US Virgin Islands20103:12
6402St Thomas20103:12
64020022Barracuda Point (Buck Island)20103:12
TOTALS20103:12

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Banded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Barred Hamlet (Caribbean) - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus puella)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1.67
Belted Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon townsendi)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 4
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.67
Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.33
Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 4
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. venezuelae/C. tortugae)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Brown Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina multilineata)
SF: 100% | DEN: 4
Caesar Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon carbonarium)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Colon Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus dicrus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Coney - Seabass
(Cephalopholis fulva)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Fairy Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma loreto)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Mahogany Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus mahogoni)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1.67
Masked Goby/Glass Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus personatus/hyalinus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 4
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Queen Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Saucereye Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus calamus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.67
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Tobaccofish - Seabass
(Serranus tabacarius)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
White Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Yellow Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys martinicus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Yellowhead Jawfish - Jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.67
Yellowtail Damselfish - Damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Beaugregory - Damselfish
(Stegastes leucostictus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.5
Blackbar Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1.5
Creole Wrasse - Wrasse
(Bodianus parrae)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 3.5
Diamond Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus boehlkei)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1
Glasseye Snapper (Atlantic) - Bigeye
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Orangespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines pullus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Peacock Flounder - Flounder
(Bothus lunatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1
Princess Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres pictus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 3
Redlip Blenny - Blenny - Combtooth
(Ophioblennius macclurei)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Redspotted Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Amblycirrhitus pinos)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Saddled Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus triangulatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.5
Sand Diver - Lizardfish
(Synodus intermedius)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.5
Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1
Spinyhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria spinosa)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1.5
Spotted Drum - Drum
(Eques punctatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1.5
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Tan Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus randallorum)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 3
Tomtate - Grunt
(Haemulon aurolineatum)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus maculatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1.5
African Pompano - Jack
(Alectis ciliaris)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Almaco Jack - Jack
(Seriola rivoliana)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Barred Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon binotatus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Black Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus nigricans)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Brown Garden Eel - Conger
(Heteroconger longissimus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 3
Butter Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus unicolor)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Cero - Mackerel
(Scomberomorus regalis)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Chalk Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tortugarum)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 3
Cleaning Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus genie)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Dusky Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes adustus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 3
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Goliath Grouper - Seabass
(Epinephelus itajara)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 3
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 3
Great Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Greenblotch Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma atomarium)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Hovering Dartfish (Hovering Goby) - Dartfish
(Ptereleotris helenae)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Jackknife-Fish - Drum
(Eques lanceolatus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Juvenile Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sp.)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 3
Longsnout Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon aculeatus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Mutton Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Queen Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Rainbow Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus guacamaia)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Reef Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon sedentarius)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Roughhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria aspera)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Sailfin Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Emblemaria pandionis)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Sailors Choice - Grunt
(Haemulon parra)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Sand Tilefish - Tilefish
(Malacanthus plumieri)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Schoolmaster - Snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Scrawled Filefish - Filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Sharknose Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus evelynae)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Shortstripe Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus chancei)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Smallmouth Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon chrysargyreum)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 3
Spotted Eagle Ray - Eagle Ray
(Aetobatus narinari)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Yellowbelly Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus aberrans)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
Yellowfin Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca venenosa)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Yellowtail (Redfin) Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma rubripinne)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Yellowtail Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus chlorurus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2