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Region: TWA

Geographic Zones: Continental Caribbean and Brazil - Zone 8 » Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao - Zone 85 » Curacao - Zone 8502 » Pelican Beach - Zone 85020026

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 4/21/25

Total Surveys: 15

#Species Reported: 115

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 57.29

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 51.12

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
8Continental Caribbean and Brazil708015:12
85Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao708015:12
8502Curacao708015:12
85020026Pelican Beach708015:12
TOTALS708015:12

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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Color saturation corresponds to density score
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Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.67
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.53
Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.2
Brown Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina multilineata)
SF: 100% | DEN: 4
Fairy Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma loreto)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.47
Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.07
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.4
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.4
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2
Queen Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.47
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.2
Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1.93
Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.87
Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus maculatus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.13
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.67
Blackbar Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
SF: 93.33% | DEN: 2.71
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 93.33% | DEN: 2.43
Princess Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
SF: 93.33% | DEN: 2.57
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 93.33% | DEN: 2.07
Yellow Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys martinicus)
SF: 93.33% | DEN: 2.86
Banded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
SF: 86.67% | DEN: 2.08
Barred Hamlet (Caribbean) - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus puella)
SF: 86.67% | DEN: 1.69
Masked Goby/Glass Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus personatus/hyalinus)
SF: 86.67% | DEN: 3.77
Spotted Drum - Drum
(Eques punctatus)
SF: 86.67% | DEN: 1.77
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 86.67% | DEN: 2.92
Creole Wrasse - Wrasse
(Clepticus parrae)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3.67
Schoolmaster - Snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.25
Smallmouth Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon chrysargyreum)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.58
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.58
Yellowtail Damselfish - Damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.08
Butter Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus unicolor)
SF: 73.33% | DEN: 1.91
Coney - Seabass
(Cephalopholis fulva)
SF: 73.33% | DEN: 1.73
Mahogany Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus mahogoni)
SF: 73.33% | DEN: 2.18
Peppermint Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus lipernes)
SF: 73.33% | DEN: 2.45
Yellowtail Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus chlorurus)
SF: 73.33% | DEN: 2.09
Dusky Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes adustus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.6
Sand Diver - Lizardfish
(Synodus intermedius)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1.7
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.56
Longsnout Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon aculeatus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.67
Orangespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines pullus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.33
Spotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax moringa)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.11
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.89
Balloonfish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon holocanthus)
SF: 53.33% | DEN: 1.5
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 53.33% | DEN: 1.63
Sharknose Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus evelynae)
SF: 53.33% | DEN: 2
French Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
SF: 46.67% | DEN: 1.29
Honeycomb Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion polygonius)
SF: 46.67% | DEN: 1.29
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 46.67% | DEN: 2.29
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 46.67% | DEN: 1.86
Spotted Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish
(Scorpaena plumieri plumieri)
SF: 46.67% | DEN: 1.29
Whitespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines macrocerus)
SF: 46.67% | DEN: 1.29
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.67
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. bol/C. tortugae)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.5
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.67
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.33
Longjaw Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Neoniphon marianus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.67
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.67
Spinyhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria spinosa)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.75
Spotted Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1
Goldentail Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax miliaris)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.2
Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres pictus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.6
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2.2
Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.2
Boga - Grunt
(Haemulon vittatum)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 3.25
Caesar Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon carbonarium)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 1.75
Cherubfish - Angelfish
(Centropyge argi)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 2
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 3.25
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 2.5
Peacock Flounder - Flounder
(Bothus lunatus)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 1.5
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 1.5
Spotfin Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ocellatus)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 2
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 26.67% | DEN: 1.25
Dusky Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Sargocentron vexillarium)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Longsnout Seahorse - Pipefish and Seahorse
(Hippocampus reidi)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Pallid Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus eidolon)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1.67
Slender Filefish - Filefish
(Monacanthus tuckeri)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Black Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus nigricans)
SF: 13.33% | DEN: 1
Blue Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus coeruleus)
SF: 13.33% | DEN: 1.5
Creolefish (Atlantic) - Seabass
(Paranthias furcifer)
SF: 13.33% | DEN: 1.5
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 13.33% | DEN: 1.5
Great Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
SF: 13.33% | DEN: 1
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 13.33% | DEN: 2
Yellowfin Mojarra - Mojarra
(Gerres cinereus)
SF: 13.33% | DEN: 1.5
Yellowtail (Redfin) Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma rubripinne)
SF: 13.33% | DEN: 1
Bandtail Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Beaugregory - Damselfish
(Stegastes leucostictus)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Black Durgon - Triggerfish
(Melichthys niger)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Black Margate - Grunt
(Anisotremus surinamensis)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Blackcap Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma melacara)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Greater Soapfish - Soapfishes
(Rypticus saponaceus)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Green Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax funebris)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Green Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys splendens)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Hybrid Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus (Hybrid))
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Jolthead Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus bajonado)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Lined Seahorse - Pipefish and Seahorse
(Hippocampus erectus)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Mutton Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Palometa - Jack
(Trachinotus goodei)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Red Lionfish (exotic) - Scorpionfish
(Pterois volitans)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Redtail Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma chrysopterum)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Reef Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon sedentarius)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 3
Reef Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus coruscus)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Sailors Choice - Grunt
(Haemulon parra)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Saucereye Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus calamus)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Scrawled Filefish - Filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 2
Southern Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus americanus)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Spotted Eagle Ray - Eagle Ray
(Aetobatus narinari)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Tan Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus randallorum)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Tobaccofish - Seabass
(Serranus tabacarius)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
White Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Yellowhead Jawfish - Jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Yellowline Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus horsti)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1
Yellowprow Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus xanthiprora)
SF: 6.67% | DEN: 1