Tropical Western AtlanticCalifornia, Pacific Northwest and AlaskaHawaiiTropical Eastern PacificSouth PacificNortheast US and Eastern CanadaSouth Atlantic StatesCentral Indo-PacificEastern Atlantic and MediterraneanIndian Ocean and Red Sea
Total Number of Surveys
1925814865723665843735115211151099426382579
Total Number of Species
929477416504109424036823692091105
10 Most Frequent Species
Bluehead (87%)California Sea Cucumber (62%)Saddle Wrasse (95%)Mexican Hogfish (80%)Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (80%)American Lobster (70%)Slippery Dick (81%)Moorish Idol (83%)White Seabream (87%)Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (81%)
Blue Tang (87%)Plumose Anemone (61%)Manybar Goatfish (90%)King Angelfish (77%)Brushtail Tang (79%)Cunner (64%)Black Sea Bass (80%)Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (83%)Two-banded Seabream (79%)Scalefin Anthias (68%)
Stoplight Parrotfish (83%)Blackeye Goby (51%)Brown Surgeonfish (aka Lavender Tang) (88%)Barberfish (72%)Regal Angelfish (75%)Atlantic Rock Crab (53%)Tomtate (78%)Orange-lined Triggerfish (77%)Black Sea Urchin (87%)Three-spot Dascyllus (65%)
Bicolor Damselfish (82%)Painted Greenling (51%)Orangespine Unicornfish (87%)Cortez Rainbow Wrasse (63%)Orange-lined Triggerfish (74%)Sea Lettuce (47%)Belted Sandfish (77%)Three-spot Dascyllus (75%)Salema (aka Cow Bream) (74%)Regal Angelfish (62%)
French Grunt (79%)Copper Rockfish (51%)Moorish Idol (87%)Scissortail Chromis (61%)Bullethead (Pacific) Parrotfish (74%)Blood Star (47%)Spottail Pinfish (70%)Crescent Wrasse (71%)Striped Red Mullet (71%)Bullethead (Indian) Parrotfish (61%)
Foureye Butterflyfish (76%)Sunflower Star (48%)Bird Wrasse (86%)Panamic Sergeant Major (60%)Manybar Goatfish (73%)Winter Flounder (44%)Cubbyu (67%)Brushtail Tang (70%)Saddled Bream (60%)Indian Sailfin Tang (60%)
Sergeant Major (73%)Lingcod (45%)Raccoon Butterflyfish (86%)Pacific Creolefish (56%)Moorish Idol (71%)Rock Gunnel (26%)Great Barracuda (65%)Blacklip Butterflyfish (70%)Ornate Wrasse (58%)Indian Bird Wrasse (60%)
Ocean Surgeonfish (73%)Striped Seaperch (43%)Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby (85%)Balloonfish (55%)Two-spined Angelfish (71%)Grubby Sculpin (26%)Bank Sea Bass (64%)Manybar Goatfish (66%)Flathead Grey Mullet (58%)Lined Bristletooth (58%)
Yellowhead Wrasse (72%)Kelp Greenling (41%)Yellow Tang (80%)Panama Graysby (54%)Reticulated Dascyllus (70%)Pollock (24%)Seaweed Blenny (57%)Regal Angelfish (66%)Triton Snail (57%)Brown Pygmy Angelfish (57%)
Redband Parrotfish (72%)Leather Star (46%)Ornate Butterflyfish (80%)Chameleon Wrasse (52%)Checkerboard Wrasse (70%)Striped Bass (20%)Atlantic Spadefish (55%)Reticulated Dascyllus (66%)Sand Steenbras (57%)Checkerboard Wrasse (55%)
Top 10 Sites for Species Richness
Blue Heron Bridge (WPB) Phil Foster Park, Jupiter Inlet to Key Biscayne (477)La Jolla Shores, S Dana Point - N La Jolla (234)Kahekili Beach/Old Airport Beach, Leeward Shore Maui (Honolua Bay - Cape Hanamanoia) (264)Arch / Darwin's Arch, Darwin (155)Tetons I and II (South Save-a-tack), Namena Marine Reserve and Namenalala Island (515)Folly Cove - Left Wall (Cape Ann), Massachusetts (120)Caribsea (Beaufort Inlet), North Carolina (164)Watu Waratun / Wara Wuntun Village / Wrassedemonium / Lava Flow / Black Sand Wall, Pantar; Lembata/Kawula; Adonara; Solor; Komba Islands (628)Entre-Montes, Faial (88)Marsa Shona / Marsa Shouna / Shoab El Shouna, S. of Quseir to Sudan Border (incl. Halaib Triangle) (326)
Bari Reef, Bonaire (432)La Jolla Canyon, S Dana Point - N La Jolla (200)Outside Honokohau Harbor South / Naia / Ripoff Reef, North Kona Coast (Keahole Pt. - Cook Pt./N. side of Kealakekua Bay) (258)Swanne / Suwannee Reef / Swanee River / Roca Swany, Espiritu Santo, La Partida, Los Islotes (152)Nigali Passage (Gau Island), Other Fiji Islands (505)Fort Wetherill (general area), Rhode Island (117)AR-386 Hyde Dredge Wreck, North Carolina (156)Uepi Point (Uepi Island), New Georgia Group Islands (606)Ilhéu Negro, Faial (83)Maamigili Beyru, Ari Atoll (318)
Something Special, Bonaire (400)Monterey Breakwater (San Carlos Beach), S Davenport - Point Lobos Reserve (198)Paniau South / End of the Road / Ruddles, South Kohala Coast (Kawaihae Harbor - Keahole Pt.) (248)La Reina, Isla Cerralvo (148)Grand Central Station (North Save-a-tack), Namena Marine Reserve and Namenalala Island (497)Sandy Beach Cove (boat ramp) - Fort Wetherill, Rhode Island (113)Station 20 (Gray's Reef NMS Monitoring Site ), Gray's Reef NMS (136)Misool House Reef 1 (including North Lagoon and reefs), Misool, Wayil, Kalig, Fiabacet, Yilliet (601)Radares, Faial (80)Dhigu Rah Arches, Ari Atoll (314)
Tori's Reef, Bonaire (377)Marine Room, S Dana Point - N La Jolla (183)Devils Doorway / Wash Rock / Pawai Bay Arches / Arch Cave / Sand Channel / Fish Rock, North Kona Coast (Keahole Pt. - Cook Pt./N. side of Kealakekua Bay) (247)El Lavadero (Las Animas), Isla Salsipuedes, Isla las Animas, Isla San Lorenzo (140)Lion's Den (Wakaya Island), Bligh Water (478)Old Garden Beach (Rockport), Massachusetts (109)Indra Wreck, North Carolina (131)Cape Kri Lagoon, Dampier Strait (incl. Gam Island; Fam Islands) (596)Boca das Caldeirinhas, Faial (76)Mirihi Giri (South Ari), Ari Atoll (310)
Commercial Pier Reefs/Datura Ave. 1st and 2nd Reef, Jupiter Inlet to Key Biscayne (374)Refugio State Beach, S Point Conception - N Point Heuneme (163)Golden Arches (North/South), North Kona Coast (Keahole Pt. - Cook Pt./N. side of Kealakekua Bay) (246)Club de Yates, s Pta El Carrizal - Pta Tejupan (139)Vatu Vai (Wakaya Island), Bligh Water (473)Lane's Cove (Rockport, Glouster), Massachusetts (96)AR305 Aeolus Wreck, North Carolina (119)Mucky Mosaic / Mosque / Mouse, Alor (incl. Buaya - Kepa - Ternate - Pura Islands) (559)Santa 2, East of Cabo de Sao Vicente to s. border of Spain (70)Bathalaa Faru Jetty, Ari Atoll (297)
Front Porch Bonaire (Sunset Beach), Bonaire (369)La Jolla Cove - general area, S Dana Point - N La Jolla (158)Garden Eel Cove / Manta Ray Bay / Keahole Point (dive off airport), South Kohala Coast (Kawaihae Harbor - Keahole Pt.) (246)Los Islotes Arch, Espiritu Santo, La Partida, Los Islotes (138)Kansas (North Save-a-tack), Namena Marine Reserve and Namenalala Island (464)Back Beach (Rockport), Massachusetts (95)Frying Pan Light Tower, North Carolina (111)Maravaghi Bay (Mangalonga Island), Florida Islands and Savo Island (551)Gomes, East of Cabo de Sao Vicente to s. border of Spain (68)Dhonfanu Faru, Baa Atoll (South Maalhosmadulu) (294)
Yellow / Green Submarine, Bonaire (346)Seacrest Park Cove 2 (Alki), West Seattle Area (156)Turtle Heaven, North Kona Coast (Keahole Pt. - Cook Pt./N. side of Kealakekua Bay) (244)Norte de Faro / North Lighthouse, Isla San Pedro Nolasco (134)Two Thumbs Up (South Save-a-tack), Namena Marine Reserve and Namenalala Island (460)Cathedral Rocks (Rockport), Massachusetts (95)W.E. Hutton (actually Ario), North Carolina (109)House Reef (Wakatobi), Wakatobi (inc. Buton Island) (535)Gruta dos Camarões / Baia da Garca, Faial (64)Mathaa Giri, Vaavu Atoll (Felidhu Atoll) (293)
Boy Scout (South of Yellow Sub), Bonaire (333)Redondo M.S.C. Pier (MaST), Burien - Tacoma Area (150)Old Airport (North/South) MLCD / Shark Fin Rock, North Kona Coast (Keahole Pt. - Cook Pt./N. side of Kealakekua Bay) (243)Shark Bay, Wolfe / Isla Wolf (133)Mt. Mutiny / Hi-8, Bligh Water (457)Nubble Light (York), Maine (86)Charleston 60 Reef, South Carolina (108)Wickham (Vangunu) Island East and West Point, New Georgia Group Islands (530)Montaza Ayda (Alexandria), Egypt Northern Coast (Mediterranean) (63)Vilivaru Giri / Virivalu Giri, South Male' Atoll (Kaafu Atoll) (293)
Prince Albert Wreck, Roatan (331)Sund Rock North Wall Marine Preserve, Quatsap Pt. and Misery Pt. - Potlatch State Park (145)Ulua Beach, Leeward Shore Maui (Honolua Bay - Cape Hanamanoia) (243)El Canyon / San Benedicto, San Benedicto Island (132)Coral Corner / Pure Magic / Instant Replay (Vatu-i-ra), Bligh Water (455)Folly Cove - Right Wall (Cape Ann), Massachusetts (83)Papoose (actually WE Hutton), North Carolina (106)Gorgonian Passage / Neptunes Fansea (between Wayilbatan & Walib), Misool, Wayil, Kalig, Fiabacet, Yilliet (528)Baia Radares, Faial (59)Kudagiri Wreck, South Male' Atoll (Kaafu Atoll) (291)
Buddy's Reef, Bonaire (329)Casino Point, Southern Channel Islands (142)Turtle Pinnacle / Turtle Towers / North of Honokohau Harbor Entrance / Terrapin Station / Turtle Pai, North Kona Coast (Keahole Pt. - Cook Pt./N. side of Kealakekua Bay) (242)Punta Argentina / Argentina Point (Islas Pelonas) , Conventillos - Playa del Coco (131)E-6 / Cathedrals / North Wall, Bligh Water (448)Stonington Point, Connecticut (82)R.R. Stone Tug wreck, North Carolina (100)Sawandarek Jetty, Dampier Strait (incl. Gam Island; Fam Islands) (528)Asafra (Alexandria), Egypt Northern Coast (Mediterranean) (58)Rasdhoo Madivaru, Rasdhu / Rasdhoo Atoll (291)
Top 15 Surveyors in Last 12 Months
Peter Leahy (386)Matt Wilbur (223)Sara Cowles (170)Annette Felix (46)Tracey Griffin (39)Michele Doucet (18)Stephen J Vinitsky (12)Chuck Curry (199)Gail Roberts (81)Frank Krasovec (34)
Carmen Toanchina (202)Herb Gruenhagen (136)Karen Bohner (93)Nancy Schmidt (41)Neil Ericsson (37)Stéphann Grégoire (18)Frank Krasovec (10)Janet Eyre (188)Mohammad Adel (13)James McKay (30)
Dave Grenda (193)Joseph Mangiafico (126)David Baasch (88)Mary Adams (38)Michaela Peterson (27)Florence Robertson (17)Louis Johnson (2)Kreg Martin (140)Max Arseneault (5)Jet Long (30)
Karen Bogart (147)Katherine Mauser (112)Dennis Bensen (83)Patricia Hartshorne (19)Byron Bishop (25)Stéphane Heider (15)James Baker (1)Laurel Fulton (121)David Meyer (2)William Ribbens (29)
Mary Adams (132)Ed Gullekson (110)Patricia Richardson (74)Kacey Carleton (18)Sara Cowles (25)Jason D. Feick (11)Janet Camp (94)Gregg Cline (2)Alice Ribbens (28)
Edward Benjamin (121)Don Gordon (105)MJ Farr (66)Ofer Inbar (17)Bill Isbell (21)Amy Newfield (10)Pam Wade (91)Carol Cline (2)Max Titcomb (27)
Kim White (102)Callie Mack (84)Ronald Wolfe (56)Mary Wilkosz (17)Amy Lee (21)Maryse Marceau-Grimard (9)Kris Karlen (82)Jeffrey Van Eeghem (1)Amy Lee (26)
Fred Hartner (94)Rhoda Green (73)Robert Brennan (53)Amy Lee (17)Sue Manning (19)Véronique Beaudoin-C. (8)Eric A. Frick (68)Conan De Soete (1)Shaina Michael (24)
Deborah Cacace (91)John Smajdek (69)Harvey Surprenant (51)Byron Bishop (17)Hal Peterson (18)May-Anne Gosselin (7)Daniel Richards (54)Shirley Westcott (23)
Kathie Comerford (83)Mike Snow (51)Donna Goodale (50)Kristi Draper (16)Sally Davies (18)Nathalie Parent (7)Christy Semmens (52)Martin Levy (22)
Dana Kowalsick (82)M.Kathleen Fenner (47)Frances Tong (46)Bill Berger (16)Karen Bogart (14)Alison Kruk (7)Mark Barnby (51)Ahmed Shawky (19)
Frank Krasovec (81)Georgia Arrow (40)Arthur Bjontegard (45)Joni Sensel (15)Joni Sensel (14)Amélie Germain-Paulette (6)Lillian Kenney (50)Susan Thompson (19)
Marta Zahalak (72)James Minor (39)Judith Cucco (32)Danielle Nielsen (14)Christy Semmens (11)Édith Daigle (6)Lynn Fulks (47)Jennifer Donahue (18)
Marta H. Bonatz (66)Susan Langston (38)Dorothy Norris (28)Janet Molchan (12)Rachael Lewus (11)Joseph Dumont (4)Marilyn Bentley (42)Maki Kasai (18)
Vicki Dixon (64)Randall Tyle (35)Cathie Becker (21)Joseph Dumont (11)Daryl Duda (10)Debbie Everett (4)Robert Bentley (42)Sierra Barkdoll (18)
Top Surveyors of All Time
Peter Leahy (4,658)Don Gordon (1,857)Patricia Richardson (1,805)Richard Baker (477)Janet Eyre (282)Jason D. Feick (502)Frank Krasovec (181)Janet Eyre (1,451)Gail Roberts (410)Ahmed Shawky (142)
Dave Grenda (3,783)Rhoda Green (1,357)MJ Farr (1,657)Annette Felix (440)Chuck Curry (208)Joseph Mangiafico (413)Dave Grenda (164)Kreg Martin (806)André David Novo (57)Chuck Curry (88)
Franklin Neal (2,180)Georgia Arrow (1,042)Judith Cucco (1,324)Pam Wade (270)Kara Toole (195)Michael Murphy (202)Stephen Campbell (69)Chuck Curry (763)Mohammad Adel (36)Laurel Fulton (83)
Linda Baker (2,131)Janna Nichols (1,040)Don Judy (878)Robert Reavis (191)Kreg Martin (168)Amy Newfield (200)Stephen J Vinitsky (66)Janet Camp (493)John Highet (21)Christy Semmens (77)
Lillian Kenney (1,899)Ed Gullekson (1,019)Dennis Bensen (818)Kandie Vactor (172)Lillian Kenney (157)John Feehan (159)Lee Moore (59)Pam Wade (424)Christy Semmens (14)Shirley Westcott (72)
Douglas Harder (1,817)Todd Cliff (898)Ronald Wolfe (686)Brice Semmens (165)Sue Manning (140)Eric Heupel (142)Raymond Rhodes (46)Kara Toole (411)Franklin Neal (13)Dennis Bensen (67)
Kim White (1,768)Herb Gruenhagen (836)Janet Eyre (664)Jonathan Lavan (156)Christy Semmens (126)Andrew Urh (106)Sarah Goldman (40)Lillian Kenney (361)Cassandra Neal (13)Pam Wade (66)
Cassandra Neal (1,586)Randall Tyle (832)Kathleen Malasky (602)Christy Semmens (149)Dave Grenda (123)Suzanne Rose (103)Arnold Postell (37)Laurel Fulton (300)Brice Semmens (10)Kara Toole (57)
Dee Scarr (1,541)Thomas Nicodemus (827)Rick Long (528)Beth Bruton (124)Janet Camp (93)Scott Holland (95)Sallie Behrend (37)Alice Ribbens (262)Janet Eyre (10)Kreg Martin (57)
Tracey Griffin (1,485)Callie Mack (746)Robert Brennan (497)Donald McCoy (99)Neil Ericsson (79)Clive R. Wood (91)James Brooke (35)William Ribbens (229)Janet Camp (10)Amy Lee (56)
Michael Phelan (1,442)Doug Miller (741)Sara Cowles (440)Kreg Martin (93)Laurel Fulton (75)Tom Bergendahl (70)Erin Burge (34)Sue Manning (190)Laurel Fulton (10)Alice Ribbens (54)
Kathie Comerford (1,441)Claude Nichols (668)Fred Litt (392)Daniel Richards (91)Tracey Griffin (72)Amy Maurer (70)Scott Fowler (31)Christy Semmens (167)Anna DeLoach (9)Janet Clayton (54)
Linda Schillinger (1,372)Joseph Mangiafico (643)Michael Fausnaugh (355)Dave Grenda (89)Sarah Brooks (67)Eileen Byrne (70)Ralph Rogers (29)Kris Karlen (152)David Meyer (8)William Ribbens (53)
Sheryl Shea (1,336)Valerie Lyttle (580)Chuck Curry (342)Walter Briney (85)Fred Hartner (53)Ted Maney (64)Carol Grant (25)Carol Cox (148)Max Arseneault (5)David Thompson (53)
Laddie Akins (1,315)Cindy Molitor (528)Kara Toole (293)Carol Cox (84)Janna Nichols (50)Jim Drew (60)Laddie Akins (25)Byron Bishop (147)Francis Malinosky-Rummell (3)Brice Semmens (51)
Linda Ridley-Wise (1,177)M.Kathleen Fenner (521)Nick Brilliande (278)Sandra Percell (83)Amy Lee (47)Daniel Hedrick (53)Mark Hooper (23)Amy Lee (137)Carol Cline (2)Kris Karlen (51)
Judie Clee (1,142)John Wolfe (498)Karen Ella Levy (277)Alice Ribbens (76)Sally Davies (39)Alex Brett (50)Roger Skillman (23)Tracey Griffin (135)Gregg Cline (2)Robert Bentley (50)
Patricia Chandler (1,114)Doug Biffard (494)Florence Bahr (276)Amy Lee (75)Franklin Neal (39)Stella Martin (44)Jeff Haines (17)Kathryn Doane (129)Kyle Donahue (1)Marilyn Bentley (50)
Bruce Purdy (1,036)Kawika Chetron (487)Liz Foote (238)Martin Levy (73)Brice Semmens (38)Alison Kruk (37)Michael Paller (16)Fred Hartner (121)Eric Vanderlaan (1)Martin Levy (48)
Rob McCall (1,029)John Smajdek (447)Daniel Bulkley (212)Barbara Anderson (70)MJ Farr (38)Corey Leamy (36)Janelle Fleming (15)Barbara Anderson (114)Jeffrey Van Eeghem (1)Neil Ericsson (45)
David Kerridge (965)Jackie Myers (445)Nanette Harter (204)Nancy Schmidt (68)Sheryl Shea (37)Richard Curtin (36)Brenda Hitt (14)Connie Bogan (102)Conan De Soete (1)Jet Long (45)
Joyce Schulke (938)Carl Gwinn (443)Marc Adler (172)Marta Zahalak (65)Kenny Tidwell (36)Michele Doucet (32)Charlotte Johnson (14)Martin Levy (87)Guy Pinneo (1)Peter Leahy (45)
Marta H. Bonatz (921)Mike Delaney (438)Douglas Harder (171)Laurel Fulton (64)Bruce Cosby (35)Peter Marck (32)Markus Pallos (14)Lynn Fulks (83)Luanne Betz (45)
Paul Bonatz (907)David Todd (432)Jeanne Dunning (166)Jet Long (61)Teri Cosby (35)Michelle Urh (31)Alex Score (14)Franklin Neal (82)Janet Camp (42)
Kenny Tidwell (874)Karin Fletcher (404)Kent Harder (154)Jeff Holmes (60)Peter Fox (35)Michael Patterson (31)Lillian Kenney (14)Cathleen Burns (82)Rhoda Green (41)

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