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Region: TWA

Geographic Zones: GREATER ANTILLES & VIRGIN ISLANDS - Zone 6 » British Virgin Islands - Zone 65 » Tortola (inc. Buck Is. & Frenchmans Cay) - Zone 6501 » The Bight (Norman Island) - Zone 65010027

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

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

Total Surveys: 20

#Species Reported: 162

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 52.33

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 57.88

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 ISLANDS3016122:04
65British Virgin Islands3016122:04
6501Tortola (inc. Buck Is. & Frenchmans Cay)3016122:04
65010027The Bight (Norman Island)3016122:04
TOTALS3016122:04

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 95% | DEN: 3.33
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 95% | DEN: 3.17
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 95% | DEN: 2.74
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 95% | DEN: 3.11
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 95% | DEN: 3.11
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 90% | DEN: 2.94
Barred Hamlet (Caribbean) - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus puella)
SF: 90% | DEN: 2.11
Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 90% | DEN: 3.24
Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 90% | DEN: 2.24
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 90% | DEN: 3.18
Yellow Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys martinicus)
SF: 90% | DEN: 3.22
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 90% | DEN: 3.22
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 85% | DEN: 2.24
Brown Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina multilineata)
SF: 85% | DEN: 3.19
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 85% | DEN: 3.19
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3.27
Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3.5
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 80% | DEN: 1.81
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.53
Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3.25
Beaugregory - Damselfish
(Stegastes leucostictus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 3.2
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. venezuelae/C. tortugae)
SF: 75% | DEN: 3.4
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.71
Mahogany Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus mahogoni)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.67
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 75% | DEN: 3.47
Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.53
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.6
White Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
SF: 75% | DEN: 2.47
Masked Goby/Glass Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus personatus/hyalinus)
SF: 70% | DEN: 3.79
Sand Diver - Lizardfish
(Synodus intermedius)
SF: 70% | DEN: 1.86
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 70% | DEN: 3.21
Blackbar Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
SF: 65% | DEN: 2.85
Dusky Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes adustus)
SF: 65% | DEN: 3.23
Queen Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
SF: 65% | DEN: 1.42
Queen Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
SF: 65% | DEN: 2.17
Saucereye Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus calamus)
SF: 65% | DEN: 1.92
Tomtate - Grunt
(Haemulon aurolineatum)
SF: 65% | DEN: 3.69
Yellowtail Damselfish - Damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
SF: 65% | DEN: 2.85
Butter Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus unicolor)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.5
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.09
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.58
Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus maculatus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.75
Black Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus nigricans)
SF: 55% | DEN: 1.82
French Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
SF: 55% | DEN: 1.4
Princess Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
SF: 55% | DEN: 3
Sand Tilefish - Tilefish
(Malacanthus plumieri)
SF: 55% | DEN: 1.73
Unidentified Silvery Fish (Silversides / Anchovies / Herrings) - Silvery Fishes - Silversides, Herrings, and Anchovies
(Atheriniformes sp./ Clupeiformes sp.)
SF: 55% | DEN: 3.82
Schoolmaster - Snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.2
Southern Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus americanus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.56
Tobaccofish - Seabass
(Serranus tabacarius)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.3
Blackear Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres poeyi)
SF: 45% | DEN: 1.89
Great Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
SF: 45% | DEN: 1.25
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 45% | DEN: 2
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 45% | DEN: 1.89
Sharknose Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus evelynae)
SF: 45% | DEN: 2.22
Yellowtail (Redfin) Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma rubripinne)
SF: 45% | DEN: 2.56
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.14
Fairy Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma loreto)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.38
Orangespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines pullus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.88
Yellowfin Mojarra - Mojarra
(Gerres cinereus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.25
Yellowhead Jawfish - Jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.13
Barred Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon binotatus)
SF: 35% | DEN: 2.14
Colon Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus dicrus)
SF: 35% | DEN: 1.71
Dog Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus jocu)
SF: 35% | DEN: 1.5
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 35% | DEN: 2.29
Queen Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
SF: 35% | DEN: 1.86
Redlip Blenny - Blenny - Combtooth
(Ophioblennius macclurei)
SF: 35% | DEN: 2.43
Rosy Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus macropus)
SF: 35% | DEN: 2
Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 35% | DEN: 1.71
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 35% | DEN: 2
Yellowtail Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus chlorurus)
SF: 35% | DEN: 1.71
Bucktooth Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma radians)
SF: 30% | DEN: 2.17
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 30% | DEN: 1.8
Houndfish - Needlefish
(Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus)
SF: 30% | DEN: 1.67
Peacock Flounder - Flounder
(Bothus lunatus)
SF: 30% | DEN: 1.17
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 30% | DEN: 1.67
Banded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Bandtail Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.4
Bermuda Chub/Gray Chub - Chub
(Kyphosus sectatrix / K. bigibbus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.8
Cero - Mackerel
(Scomberomorus regalis)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.5
Chalk Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tortugarum)
SF: 25% | DEN: 3
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2.4
Coney - Seabass
(Cephalopholis fulva)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.6
Creole Wrasse - Wrasse
(Bodianus parrae)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2.8
Dusky Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Sargocentron vexillarium)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.75
Gray Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.4
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2.2
Jolthead Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus bajonado)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.8
Saddled Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus triangulatus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2.4
Scrawled Filefish - Filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)
SF: 25% | DEN: 1.4
Sharksucker - Remora
(Echeneis naucrates)
SF: 25% | DEN: 2
Hybrid Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus (Hybrid))
SF: 20% | DEN: 1.25
Lane Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Pallid Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus eidolon)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1.5
Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres pictus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2.25
Redtail Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma chrysopterum)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2.75
Reef Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus coruscus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Tarpon - Tarpon
(Megalops atlanticus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1.75
Ballyhoo - Halfbeak
(Hemiramphus brasiliensis)
SF: 15% | DEN: 3.33
Belted Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon townsendi)
SF: 15% | DEN: 2
Glasseye Snapper (Atlantic) - Bigeye
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
SF: 15% | DEN: 1.33
Hogfish - Wrasse
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
SF: 15% | DEN: 1
Horse-eye Jack - Jack
(Caranx latus)
SF: 15% | DEN: 2
Rock Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus adscensionis)
SF: 15% | DEN: 1.33
Rosy Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys martinicensis)
SF: 15% | DEN: 1.67
Scrawled Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
SF: 15% | DEN: 1
Shortstripe Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus chancei)
SF: 15% | DEN: 2.33
Smallmouth Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon chrysargyreum)
SF: 15% | DEN: 2
Spotted Eagle Ray - Eagle Ray
(Aetobatus narinari)
SF: 15% | DEN: 1
Tan Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus randallorum)
SF: 15% | DEN: 1
Bigeye Scad - Jack
(Selar crumenophthalmus)
SF: 10% | DEN: 3.5
Boga - Grunt
(Haemulon vittatum)
SF: 10% | DEN: 4
Bridled Goby (true species; not complex) - Goby
(Coryphopterus glaucofraenum)
SF: 10% | DEN: 2.5
Caesar Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon carbonarium)
SF: 10% | DEN: 1.5
Flamefish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon maculatus)
SF: 10% | DEN: 2
Greenblotch Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma atomarium)
SF: 10% | DEN: 2
Hamlet - Juvenile - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus sp.)
SF: 10% | DEN: 2
Highhat - Drum
(Pareques acuminatus / Pareques lineatus)
SF: 10% | DEN: 1
Keeltail Needlefish - Needlefish
(Platybelone argalus argalus)
SF: 10% | DEN: 2
Longjaw Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Neoniphon marianus)
SF: 10% | DEN: 2
Mutton Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
SF: 10% | DEN: 2
Night Sergeant - Damselfish
(Abudefduf taurus)
SF: 10% | DEN: 1
Nurse Shark - Carpet Shark
(Ginglymostoma cirratum)
SF: 10% | DEN: 1.5
Permit - Jack
(Trachinotus falcatus)
SF: 10% | DEN: 1.5
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 10% | DEN: 1.5
Redspotted Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Amblycirrhitus pinos)
SF: 10% | DEN: 1.5
Sailors Choice - Grunt
(Haemulon parra)
SF: 10% | DEN: 2
Spotted Drum - Drum
(Eques punctatus)
SF: 10% | DEN: 1
Almaco Jack - Jack
(Seriola rivoliana)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Blue Runner - Jack
(Caranx crysos)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Bridle Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon aurolineatus)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Checkered Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides testudineus)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Cleaning Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus genie)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Diamond Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus boehlkei)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Flat Needlefish - Needlefish
(Ablennes hians)
SF: 5% | DEN: 3
Glassy Sweeper - Sweeper
(Pempheris schomburgkii)
SF: 5% | DEN: 3
Greater Soapfish - Soapfishes
(Rypticus saponaceus)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Hairy Blenny Complex - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Labrisomus nuchipinnis/L. conditus/L.cricota)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Indigo Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus indigo)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Juvenile Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sp.)
SF: 5% | DEN: 4
Lantern Bass - Seabass
(Serranus baldwini)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Mackerel Scad - Jack
(Decapterus macarellus)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Molly Miller - Blenny - Combtooth
(Scartella cristata)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Northern / Southern Sennet - Barracuda
(Sphyraena borealis/picudilla)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Ocean Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Canthidermis sufflamen)
SF: 5% | DEN: 3
Palehead Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Labrisomus gobio)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Palometa - Jack
(Trachinotus goodei)
SF: 5% | DEN: 3
Purplemouth Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax vicinus)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Redear Sardine (Redear Herring) - Silvery Fishes - Silversides, Herrings, and Anchovies
(Harengula humeralis)
SF: 5% | DEN: 4
Roughhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria aspera)
SF: 5% | DEN: 3
Sailfin Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Emblemaria pandionis)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Sheepshead Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus penna)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Spanish Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon macrostoma)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Spinyhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria spinosa)
SF: 5% | DEN: 3
Sponge Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Phaeoptyx xenus)
SF: 5% | DEN: 2
Spotcheek Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Labrisomus nigricinctus)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Spotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax moringa)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Spotted Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Tiger Goby - Goby
(Gobiosoma macrodon)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys trigonus)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Yellow Stingray - Round Stingrays
(Urobatis jamaicensis)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1
Yellowbelly Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus aberrans)
SF: 5% | DEN: 1