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Region: PAC

Geographic Zones: Cat Canyon

Survey Types: Fish Only, Invertebrates Only, Fish & Invertebrates

Dates: 1/1/93 - 11/3/24

Total Surveys: 39

#Species Reported: 76

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 17.17

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 15.70

Survey Type: FO = Fish Only; IO = Invertebrates Only; FI = Fish & Invertebrates - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameFOIOFIFOIOFI(H:M)
4California903240332:23
42SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA903240332:23
4203Southern Channel Islands903240332:23
420301Santa Barbara903240332:23
42030108Cat Canyon903240332:23
TOTALS903240332:23

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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Garibaldi - Damselfish
(Hypsypops rubicundus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.72
Giant Spined Star - Echinoderms
(Pisaster giganteus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.33
Purple Urchin - Echinoderms
(Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.67
Red Sea Urchin - Echinoderms
(Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.5
Rock Scallop - Mollusks
(Crassadoma gigantea)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1.67
California Sheephead - Wrasse
(Bodianus pulcher)
SF: 97.44% | DEN: 2.34
Blacksmith - Damselfish
(Chromis punctipinnis)
SF: 94.87% | DEN: 3.51
Opaleye - Sea Chub
(Girella nigricans)
SF: 94.87% | DEN: 2.65
Senorita - Wrasse
(Oxyjulis californica)
SF: 94.87% | DEN: 3.16
Painted Greenling - Greenling
(Oxylebius pictus)
SF: 92.31% | DEN: 2.11
Kelp Bass - Sea Bass
(Paralabrax clathratus)
SF: 89.74% | DEN: 1.94
Bat Star - Echinoderms
(Asterina miniata)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.8
Giant Kelp - Algae
(Macrocystis integrifolia / pyrifera)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.2
Red Sea Hare - Mollusks
(Aplysia californica)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.8
Spanish Shawl - Mollusks
(Flabellina iodinea)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.2
Warty Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus parvimensis)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.8
Blackeye Goby - Goby
(Rhinogobiops nicholsii)
SF: 82.05% | DEN: 2.44
Halfmoon - Sea Chub
(Medialuna californiensis)
SF: 76.92% | DEN: 2.23
Island Kelpfish - Labrisomids
(Alloclinus holderi)
SF: 69.23% | DEN: 2.67
Rock Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres semicinctus)
SF: 69.23% | DEN: 1.89
Giant Keyhole Limpet - Mollusks
(Megathura crenulata)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2
Orange Cup Coral - Cnidarians
(Balanophyllia elegans)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 3.5
Strawberry Anemone - Cnidarians
(Corynactis californica)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 0.25
Wavy Turban Snail - Mollusks
(Lithopoma undosum)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.25
Crowned Urchin - Echinoderms
(Centrostphanus coronatus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.67
Light-bulb Tunicate - Urochordates
(Clavelina huntsmani)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2
Spiny Lobster - Arthropods
(Panulirus interruptus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.33
White Urchin - Echinoderms
(Lytechinus anamesus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2
Silversides spp. - Silverside
(Atherinidae spp.)
SF: 48.72% | DEN: 2.95
Bat Ray - Eagle Ray
(Myliobatis californica)
SF: 38.46% | DEN: 1.33
Snubnose Sculpin - Sculpin
(Orthonopias triacis)
SF: 38.46% | DEN: 1.93
Black Perch - Surfperch
(Embiotoca jacksoni)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.62
Brown Gorgonian - Cnidarians
(Muricea fruticosa)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1
California Golden Gorgonian - Cnidarians
(Muricea californica)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2.5
Chestnut Cowry - Mollusks
(Cypraea spadicea)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.5
Kellet's Whelk - Mollusks
(Kelletia kelletii)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Red Gorgonian - Cnidarians
(Leptogorgia chilensis)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2
Treefish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serriceps)
SF: 30.77% | DEN: 1.58
Kelp Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes atrovirens)
SF: 25.64% | DEN: 1.2
Pile Perch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus vacca)
SF: 20.51% | DEN: 1.88
Giant Kelpfish - Clinid
(Heterostichus rostratus)
SF: 17.95% | DEN: 1.14
Leopard Shark - Requiem Shark
(Triakis semifasciata)
SF: 17.95% | DEN: 1
California Sea Cucumber - Echinoderms
(Parastichopus californicus)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 3
Christmas Tree Worm - Annelids
(Spirobranchus spinosus)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 3
Green Abalone - Mollusks
(Haliotis fulgens)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 2
Lacy Bryozoan - Bryozoans
(Phidolopora pacifica)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 3
Northern Sea Palm - Algae
(Pterygophora californica)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 3
Southern Sea Palm - Algae
(Eisenia arborea)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 4
Two-spot Octopus - Mollusks
(Octopus bimaculatus)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1
Kelp Perch - Surfperch
(Brachyistius frenatus)
SF: 15.38% | DEN: 1.5
Crevice Kelpfish - Clinid
(Gibbonsia montereyensis)
SF: 10.26% | DEN: 1.75
Jacksmelt - Silverside
(Atherinops californiensis)
SF: 10.26% | DEN: 2.5
Juvenile (YOY) Rockfish - Unidentified - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp. (YOY))
SF: 7.69% | DEN: 2
Olive Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes serranoides)
SF: 7.69% | DEN: 1.67
Unidentified Kelpfish - Clinid
(Clinidae spp.)
SF: 7.69% | DEN: 1
Yellowfin Fringehead - Blenny (pike, tube and flag)
(Neoclinus stephensae)
SF: 7.69% | DEN: 1
Blue Shark - Requiem Shark
(Prionace glauca)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 1
Bluebanded Goby - Goby
(Lythrypnus dalli)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 2
Cabezon - Sculpin
(Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 1
Grass Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes rastrelliger)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 1
Northern Anchovy - Anchovy
(Engraulis mordax)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 3
Ocean Whitefish - Tilefish
(Caulolatilus princeps)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 1
Rubberlip Seaperch - Surfperch
(Rhacochilus toxotes)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 1
Sargo - Grunt
(Anisotremus davidsoni)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 2
White Seaperch - Surfperch
(Phanerodon furcatus)
SF: 5.13% | DEN: 2
Black-and-Yellow Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes chrysomelas)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 1
California Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax mordax)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 1
Coralline Sculpin - Sculpin
(Artedius corallinus)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 2
Gopher Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes carnatus)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 1
Jack Mackerel - Jack
(Trachurus symmetricus)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 2
Kelp Greenling - Greenling
(Hexagrammos decagrammus)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 2
Scalyhead Sculpin - Sculpin
(Artedius harringtoni)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 2
Shiner Perch - Surfperch
(Cymatogaster aggregata)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 1
Speckled Sanddab - Lefteye Flounder
(Citharichthys stigmaeus)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 1
Unidentified Rockfish - Scorpionfish
(Sebastes sp.)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 2
Unidentified Sculpin - Sculpin
(Cottidae spp.)
SF: 2.56% | DEN: 2