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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 » Brewer's Bay East / Rocky Mountain Low - Zone 65010062

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

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

Total Surveys: 29

#Species Reported: 133

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 80.00

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 19.18

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 ISLANDS1027134:25
65British Virgin Islands1027134:25
6501Tortola (inc. Buck Is. & Frenchmans Cay)1027134:25
65010062Brewer's Bay East / Rocky Mountain Low1027134:25
TOTALS1027134:25

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 89.66% | DEN: 2.48
Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 82.76% | DEN: 2.65
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 75.86% | DEN: 2.64
Yellowtail Damselfish - Damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
SF: 75.86% | DEN: 2.19
Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 72.41% | DEN: 2.1
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 68.97% | DEN: 1.9
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 68.97% | DEN: 2.53
Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 65.52% | DEN: 2.33
Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 62.07% | DEN: 2.22
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 62.07% | DEN: 2.33
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 55.17% | DEN: 2.38
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 44.83% | DEN: 2.25
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 44.83% | DEN: 2
Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus maculatus)
SF: 44.83% | DEN: 1.69
Fairy Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma loreto)
SF: 41.38% | DEN: 1.83
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 37.93% | DEN: 1.4
Princess Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
SF: 37.93% | DEN: 2.1
Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 34.48% | DEN: 1.22
Banded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
SF: 31.03% | DEN: 1.56
Redlip Blenny - Blenny - Combtooth
(Ophioblennius macclurei)
SF: 31.03% | DEN: 1.75
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 31.03% | DEN: 1.63
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 31.03% | DEN: 1.78
Barred Hamlet (Caribbean) - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus puella)
SF: 27.59% | DEN: 1.88
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 27.59% | DEN: 2.25
Brown Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina multilineata)
SF: 27.59% | DEN: 2.57
Dusky Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes adustus)
SF: 27.59% | DEN: 2
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 27.59% | DEN: 1.5
Great Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
SF: 24.14% | DEN: 1
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 24.14% | DEN: 1.43
Unidentified Silvery Fish (Silversides / Anchovies / Herrings) - Silvery Fishes - Silversides, Herrings, and Anchovies
(Atheriniformes sp./ Clupeiformes sp.)
SF: 24.14% | DEN: 3.57
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 20.69% | DEN: 2
Queen Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
SF: 20.69% | DEN: 2
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 20.69% | DEN: 2
Spotted Drum - Drum
(Eques punctatus)
SF: 20.69% | DEN: 1.8
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 20.69% | DEN: 2.83
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 20.69% | DEN: 2.17
Yellow Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys martinicus)
SF: 20.69% | DEN: 1.67
Yellowtail (Redfin) Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma rubripinne)
SF: 20.69% | DEN: 2.17
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 17.24% | DEN: 1.6
Orangespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines pullus)
SF: 17.24% | DEN: 1.8
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 17.24% | DEN: 2
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 13.79% | DEN: 2.25
Gray Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
SF: 13.79% | DEN: 1
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 13.79% | DEN: 2.25
Bermuda Chub/Gray Chub - Chub
(Kyphosus sectatrix / K. bigibbus)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 2
French Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 1.67
Indigo Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus indigo)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 1.33
Rainbow Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus guacamaia)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 1.5
Redtail Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma chrysopterum)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 1
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 1.33
Sand Diver - Lizardfish
(Synodus intermedius)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 1
Schoolmaster - Snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 2
Slender Filefish - Filefish
(Monacanthus tuckeri)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 1.5
Whitespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines macrocerus)
SF: 10.34% | DEN: 1.67
Atlantic Silverside - Neotropical Silversides
(Menidia menidia)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 4
Black Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus nigricans)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2
Blackbar Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2
Blue Runner - Jack
(Caranx crysos)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2
Butter Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus unicolor)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Caesar Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon carbonarium)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1.5
Cherubfish - Angelfish
(Centropyge argi)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2
Coney - Seabass
(Cephalopholis fulva)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2
Glassy Sweeper - Sweeper
(Pempheris schomburgkii)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 4
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 3
Horse-eye Jack - Jack
(Caranx latus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Lane Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2.5
Longjaw Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Neoniphon marianus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Night Sergeant - Damselfish
(Abudefduf taurus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1.5
Nurse Shark - Carpet Shark
(Ginglymostoma cirratum)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Porkfish - Grunt
(Anisotremus virginicus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Queen Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Southern Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus americanus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Spanish Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon macrostoma)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2
Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Tarpon - Tarpon
(Megalops atlanticus)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 2.5
Tiger Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca tigris)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Tomtate - Grunt
(Haemulon aurolineatum)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 3
Yellow Jack - Jack
(Caranx bartholomaei)
SF: 6.9% | DEN: 1
Arrow Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Lucayablennius zingaro)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Barfin Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus versicolor)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Barred Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon binotatus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Beaugregory - Damselfish
(Stegastes leucostictus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Black Margate - Grunt
(Anisotremus surinamensis)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 3
Blackcap Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma melacara)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Blue Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. venezuelae/C. tortugae)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Brown Garden Eel - Conger
(Heteroconger longissimus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Cleaning Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus genie)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Cubera Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus cyanopterus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Dog Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus jocu)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Flamefish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon maculatus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Green Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys splendens)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Hogfish - Wrasse
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Honeycomb Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion polygonius)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Jackknife-Fish - Drum
(Eques lanceolatus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
King Mackerel - Mackerel
(Scomberomorus cavalla)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Mahogany Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus mahogoni)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Masked Goby/Glass Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus personatus/hyalinus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 3
Northern / Southern Sennet - Barracuda
(Sphyraena borealis/picudilla)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 3
Ocean Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Canthidermis sufflamen)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Peacock Flounder - Flounder
(Bothus lunatus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Peppermint Basslet - Basslet / Seabass
(Liopropoma rubre)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Pluma - Porgy
(Calamus pennatula)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Purple Reeffish - Damselfish
(Chromis scotti)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Queen Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres pictus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Red Lionfish (exotic) - Scorpionfish
(Pterois volitans)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Rosy Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus macropus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Saddled Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus triangulatus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Sand-Canyon Goby (part of Bridled Goby Complex) - Goby
(Coryphopterus venezuelae (was C. bol))
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Scrawled Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Scrawled Filefish - Filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Sheepshead Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus penna)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Silver Porgy - Porgy
(Diplodus caudimacula)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Spinyhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria spinosa)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Spotfin Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ocellatus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Spotlight Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus louisae)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 4
Spotted Eagle Ray - Eagle Ray
(Aetobatus narinari)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Spotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax moringa)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Spotted Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish
(Scorpaena plumieri plumieri)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Sunshinefish - Damselfish
(Chromis insolata)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 3
Tan Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus randallorum)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Tobaccofish - Seabass
(Serranus tabacarius)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Whitestar Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon lachneri)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 0
Yellowbelly Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus aberrans)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Yellowfin Mojarra - Mojarra
(Gerres cinereus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2
Yellowmouth Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca interstitialis)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 1
Yellowtail Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus chlorurus)
SF: 3.45% | DEN: 2