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Region: TEP

Geographic Zones: Central America - Zone 6 » Costa Rica - Zone 65 » s. Playa del Coco - San Juanillo - Zone 6502 » s. Playa del Coco - Playa Conchal - Zone 650202 » Punta Gorda - Zone 65020202

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 12/21/24

Total Surveys: 25

#Species Reported: 123

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 59.00

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 38.39

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
6Central America2023024:31
65Costa Rica2023024:31
6502s. Playa del Coco - San Juanillo2023024:31
650202s. Playa del Coco - Playa Conchal2023024:31
65020202Punta Gorda2023024:31
TOTALS2023024:31

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
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King Angelfish - Angelfish - Ángel
(Holacanthus passer)
SF: 100% | DEN: 2.6
Panamic Sergeant Major - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Abudefduf troschelii)
SF: 100% | DEN: 3.56
Barberfish - Butterflyfish - Pez Mariposa
(Johnrandallia nigrirostris)
SF: 96% | DEN: 3.46
Threebanded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish - Pez Mariposa
(Chaetodon humeralis)
SF: 96% | DEN: 2.5
Mexican Hogfish - Wrasse - Señorita
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
SF: 92% | DEN: 2.61
Reef Cornetfish - Cornetfish
(Fistularia commersonii)
SF: 92% | DEN: 2.13
Balloonfish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon holocanthus)
SF: 88% | DEN: 2.77
Pacific Creolefish - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Cephalopholis colonus)
SF: 88% | DEN: 2.73
Cortez Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Thalassoma lucasanum)
SF: 84% | DEN: 3.19
Flag Cabrilla - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Epinephelus labriformis)
SF: 84% | DEN: 2.48
Orangeside Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Sufflamen verres)
SF: 84% | DEN: 2.38
Scissortail Chromis - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Azurina atrilobata)
SF: 84% | DEN: 3.76
Spottail Grunt - Grunt - Burro
(Haemulon maculicauda)
SF: 84% | DEN: 3.62
Spotted Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster punctatissima)
SF: 84% | DEN: 2.48
Chameleon Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres dispilus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3.25
Bluechin Parrotfish - Parrotfish - Loro
(Scarus ghobban)
SF: 76% | DEN: 2.37
Cortez Angelfish - Angelfish - Ángel
(Pomacanthus zonipectus)
SF: 76% | DEN: 1.79
Giant Damselfish adult - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Microspathodon dorsalis)
SF: 76% | DEN: 2.21
Guineafowl Puffer - Puffer
(Arothron meleagris)
SF: 76% | DEN: 2
Panama Graysby - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Cephalopholis panamensis)
SF: 76% | DEN: 2.37
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 76% | DEN: 1.84
Wounded Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres chierchiae)
SF: 76% | DEN: 2.84
Barred Serrano - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Serranus psittacinus)
SF: 72% | DEN: 2.28
Acapulco Damselfish - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Stegastes acapulcoensis)
SF: 68% | DEN: 2.82
Beaubrummel - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Stegastes flavilatus)
SF: 68% | DEN: 2.71
Panamic Green Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax castaneus)
SF: 68% | DEN: 1.65
Spinster Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres nicholsi)
SF: 68% | DEN: 2.71
Spotted Rose Snapper - Snapper - Pargo
(Lutjanus guttatus)
SF: 68% | DEN: 2.71
Tinsel Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish - Candil
(Sargocentron suborbitalis)
SF: 68% | DEN: 2.18
Giant Damselfish juvenile - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Microspathodon dorsalis)
SF: 64% | DEN: 1.75
Panamic Soldierfish - Squirrelfish - Candil
(Myripristis leiognathus)
SF: 64% | DEN: 2.56
Mexican Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys dentatus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.47
Giant Hawkfish - Hawkfish - Halcón
(Cirrhitus rivulatus)
SF: 56% | DEN: 1.57
Stripebelly Puffer - Puffer
(Arothron hispidus)
SF: 56% | DEN: 1.64
Jewel Moray - Moray
(Muraena lentiginosa)
SF: 48% | DEN: 1.58
Latin Grunt - Grunt - Burro
(Haemulon steindachneri)
SF: 48% | DEN: 2.5
Redhead Goby - Goby - Gobio
(Tigrigobius puncticulatus)
SF: 48% | DEN: 3
Amarillo (Yellow) Snapper - Snapper - Pargo
(Lutjanus argentiventris)
SF: 44% | DEN: 2.45
Mottled Soapfish - Soapfishes
(Rypticus bicolor)
SF: 44% | DEN: 1.55
Tailspot Cardinal - Cardinalfish - Cardenal
(Apogon dovii)
SF: 44% | DEN: 2.73
Redlight Goby - Goby - Gobio
(Coryphopterus urospilus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.2
Stone Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish - Escorpiones
(Scorpaena mystes)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.2
Coral Hawkfish - Hawkfish - Halcón
(Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus)
SF: 36% | DEN: 2.22
Cortez Grunt - Grunt - Burro
(Haemulon flaviguttatum)
SF: 36% | DEN: 2.78
Fantail Pipefish - Pipefish & Seahorse
(Doryrhamphus excisus)
SF: 36% | DEN: 1.44
Panamic Barnacle Blenny - Blenny - Pike / Tube / Flag
(Acanthemblemaria hancocki)
SF: 36% | DEN: 2
Panamic Fanged Blenny - Blenny
(Ophioblennius steindachneri)
SF: 36% | DEN: 1.78
Pink Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish - Cardenal
(Apogon pacificus)
SF: 36% | DEN: 2.89
Golden Snapper - Snapper - Pargo
(Lutjanus inermis)
SF: 32% | DEN: 2.88
Sabertooth Blenny - Blenny
(Plagiotremus azaleus)
SF: 32% | DEN: 1.5
Flagtail Blanquillo (Quakerfish) - Tilefishes
(Malacanthus brevirostris)
SF: 28% | DEN: 1.43
Green Jack - Jack - Jurel
(Caranx caballus)
SF: 28% | DEN: 2.86
Pacific Mutton Hamlet - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Alphestes immaculatus)
SF: 28% | DEN: 2.14
Rainbow Chub - Chub - Chopa
(Sectator ocyurus)
SF: 28% | DEN: 2.14
Moorish Idol - Moorish Idol
(Zanclus cornutus)
SF: 24% | DEN: 1.83
Pacific Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus brachysomus)
SF: 24% | DEN: 2.17
Bigscale Soldierfish - Squirrelfish - Candil
(Myripristis berndti)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1.6
Finescale Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistes polylepis)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Long-tailed Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus longus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1.8
Starry (aka Snowflake) Moray - Moray
(Echidna nebulosa)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Almaco Jack - Jack - Jurel
(Seriola rivoliana)
SF: 16% | DEN: 1.5
Blunthead Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Pseudobalistes naufragium)
SF: 16% | DEN: 1.75
Elegant Clingfish - Clingfishes and singleslits
(Arcos decoris)
SF: 16% | DEN: 1.25
Rockmover Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Novaculichthys taeniourus)
SF: 16% | DEN: 1.5
Yellowfin Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish - Cirujano
(Acanthurus xanthopterus)
SF: 16% | DEN: 2.75
Barspot Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish - Cardenal
(Apogon retrosella)
SF: 12% | DEN: 2.67
Bicolor Parrotfish - Parrotfish - Loro
(Scarus rubroviolaceus)
SF: 12% | DEN: 1.67
Bluntspine Blenny - Blenny - Pike / Tube / Flag
(Acanthemblemaria exilispinus)
SF: 12% | DEN: 1.67
Calico Lizardfish - Lizardfish
(Synodus lacertinus)
SF: 12% | DEN: 1.67
Cortez Damselfish adult - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Stegastes rectifraenum)
SF: 12% | DEN: 3.33
Golden Trevally - Jack - Jurel
(Gnathanodon speciosus)
SF: 12% | DEN: 2
Pacific Spadefish - Spadefish
(Chaetodipterus zonatus)
SF: 12% | DEN: 2.67
Roughjaw Frogfish - Frogfish
(Antennarius avalonis)
SF: 12% | DEN: 1
Round Stingray - Round Stingrays
(Urobatis halleri)
SF: 12% | DEN: 1
Signal Triplefin - Triplefins
(Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi)
SF: 12% | DEN: 1.33
Azure Parrotfish - Parrotfish - Loro
(Scarus compressus)
SF: 8% | DEN: 2
Barred Pargo - Snapper - Pargo
(Hoplopagrus guentherii)
SF: 8% | DEN: 2
Bullseye Electric Ray - Electric Ray
(Diplobatis ommata)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1
Bumphead Damselfish - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Microspathodon bairdii)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1
Burrito Grunt - Grunt - Burro
(Anisotremus interruptus)
SF: 8% | DEN: 3.5
Chinese Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus chinensis)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1.5
Cortez Damselfish juvenile - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Stegastes rectifraenum)
SF: 8% | DEN: 2
Cortez Sea Chub - Chub - Chopa
(Kyphosus elegans)
SF: 8% | DEN: 2
Fishgod Blenny - Blenny
(Malacoctenus ebisui)
SF: 8% | DEN: 2
Galapagos Garden Eel - Conger
(Heteroconger klausewitzi)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1.5
Golden Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres melanotis)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1.5
Humpback Grunt (aka Brassy Grunt) - Grunt - Burro
(Microlepidotus brevipinnis)
SF: 8% | DEN: 3
Inornate Goby - Goby - Gobio
(Tigrigobius inornatus)
SF: 8% | DEN: 2
Longnose Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides lobatus)
SF: 8% | DEN: 2
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle - Sea Turtle - Tortuga
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1
Rainbow Scorpionfish - Scorpionfish - Escorpiones
(Scorpaenodes xyris)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1
Razor Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish - Cirujano
(Prionurus laticlavius)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1.5
Spotted Eagle Ray - Eagle Ray
(Aetobatus narinari)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1
Tiger Reef Eel - Moray
(Scuticaria tigrina)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1.5
Wavyline Grunt - Grunt - Burro
(Microlepidotus inornatus)
SF: 8% | DEN: 3.5
Yellow-edged Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax flavimarginatus)
SF: 8% | DEN: 1
Yellowtail Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish - Cirujano
(Prionurus punctatus)
SF: 8% | DEN: 2
Banded Wrasse - Wrasse - Señorita
(Halichoeres notospilus)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Barnaclebill Blenny - Blenny
(Hypsoblennius brevipinnis)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Blue-And-Yellow Chromis - Damselfish - Jaqueta
(Chromis limbaughi)
SF: 4% | DEN: 3
Blue-and-Gold Snapper - Snapper - Pargo
(Lutjanus viridis)
SF: 4% | DEN: 3
Bumphead Parrotfish - Parrotfish - Loro
(Scarus perrico)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Carmine (aka Delicate) Triplefin - Triplefins
(Enneanectes carminalis)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Cortez Garden Eel - Conger
(Heteroconger digueti)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Diamond Stingray - Stingray
(Dasyatis dipterura)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Gafftopsail Pompano - Jack - Jurel
(Trachinotus rhodopus)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Green Sea Turtle - Sea Turtle - Tortuga
(Chelonia mydas)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Leather Bass - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Dermatolepis dermatolepis)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Machete - Tenpounders
(Elops affinis)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Milkfish - Milkfish
(Chanos chanos)
SF: 4% | DEN: 3
Oceanic Manta - Manta
(Mobula birostris)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Pacific Sandperch - Seabass - Cabrilla Y Mero
(Diplectrum pacificum)
SF: 4% | DEN: 4
Panamic Porkfish - Grunt - Burro
(Anisotremus taeniatus)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Panamic Triplefin - Triplefins
(Axoclinus lucillae)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Redside Blenny - Blenny
(Malacoctenus hubbsi)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Shovelnose Guitarfish - Guitarfish
(Rhinobatos productos)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Spotfin Burrfish - Porcupinefish
(Chilomycterus reticulatus)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Spotted Boxfish - Boxfish
(Ostracion meleagris)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Tiger Snake Eel - Snake Eel
(Myrichthys xysturus)
SF: 4% | DEN: 2
Unidentified Juvenile Grunt - Grunt - Burro
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SF: 4% | DEN: 4
White-Tipped Reef Shark - Requiem Shark
(Triaenodon obesus)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1
Yellowtail Jack - Jack - Jurel
(Seriola lalandi)
SF: 4% | DEN: 3
Zebra Moray - Moray
(Gymnomuraena zebra)
SF: 4% | DEN: 1