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Region: TWA

Geographic Zones: NW CARIBBEAN - Zone 5 » Mexican Caribbean - Zone 54 » Puerto Morelos (south of marina to 20 degrees - inc. Playa del Carmen) - Zone 5403 » Tortugas - Zone 54030114

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

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

Total Surveys: 5

#Species Reported: 93

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 54.33

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 24.50

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
5NW CARIBBEAN30204:04
54Mexican Caribbean30204:04
5403Puerto Morelos (south of marina to 20 degrees - inc. Playa del Carmen)30204:04
54030114Tortugas30204:04
TOTALS30204:04

Species

%SF = Sighting Frequency; DEN = Density Score - How to interpret REEF data?
Bar length corresponds to sighting frequency
Color saturation corresponds to density score
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Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 100% | DEN: 1.6
Banded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 1.75
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.25
Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3.75
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.5
Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.75
Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3.5
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3
Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2
French Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
SF: 80% | DEN: 1.75
Gray Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 1.75
Honeycomb Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion polygonius)
SF: 80% | DEN: 1.75
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.25
Sargassum Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Xanthichthys ringens)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2.75
Spotfin Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ocellatus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 80% | DEN: 2
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 80% | DEN: 3.5
Black Durgon - Triggerfish
(Melichthys niger)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.33
Blue Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus bermudensis)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.33
Coney - Seabass
(Cephalopholis fulva)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.67
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.67
Orangespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines pullus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.67
Porcupinefish - Porcupinefish
(Diodon hystrix)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.67
Queen Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.33
Queen Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 60% | DEN: 3.33
Redspotted Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Amblycirrhitus pinos)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2
Redtail Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma chrysopterum)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.33
Scrawled Filefish - Filefish
(Aluterus scriptus)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1.33
Spotted Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
SF: 60% | DEN: 1
Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2.33
White Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon plumierii)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2
Yellowtail (Redfin) Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma rubripinne)
SF: 60% | DEN: 2
Atlantic Spadefish - Spadefish
(Chaetodipterus faber)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.5
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. bol/C. tortugae)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.5
Cherubfish - Angelfish
(Centropyge argi)
SF: 40% | DEN: 3
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.5
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.5
Cottonwick - Grunt
(Haemulon melanurum)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2
Creole Wrasse - Wrasse
(Clepticus parrae)
SF: 40% | DEN: 3
Dog Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus jocu)
SF: 40% | DEN: 4
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.5
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 40% | DEN: 3
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2
Great Barracuda - Barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1
Greater Soapfish - Soapfishes
(Rypticus saponaceus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1
Greenblotch Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma atomarium)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2
Hawksbill Sea Turtle - Sea Turtles
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1
Lantern Bass - Seabass
(Serranus baldwini)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.5
Porkfish - Grunt
(Anisotremus virginicus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 4
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1
Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres pictus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2
Reef Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon sedentarius)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2
Scrawled Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.5
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2.5
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 3
Southern Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus americanus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.5
Spotted Drum - Drum
(Eques punctatus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1
Yellowcheek Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres cyanocephalus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 2
Yellowfin Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca venenosa)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 40% | DEN: 1.5
Bandtail Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Black Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca bonaci)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Bluelip Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Cryptotomus roseus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Brown Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina multilineata)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Creolefish (Atlantic) - Seabass
(Paranthias furcifer)
SF: 20% | DEN: 3
Crevalle Jack - Jack
(Caranx hippos)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Glasseye Snapper (Atlantic) - Bigeye
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Green Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax funebris)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Green Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys splendens)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Green Sea Turtle - Sea Turtles
(Chelonia mydas)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Hogfish - Wrasse
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Sea Turtles
(Caretta caretta)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Mutton Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Red Lionfish (exotic) - Scorpionfish
(Pterois volitans)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Sand Tilefish - Tilefish
(Malacanthus plumieri)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Saucereye Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus calamus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Schoolmaster - Snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Spotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax moringa)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 20% | DEN: 2
Striped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon striatum)
SF: 20% | DEN: 3
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
Townsend Angelfish (Hybrid Queen/Blue) - Angelfish
(Holacanthus sp. (Hybrid))
SF: 20% | DEN: 1
White Margate - Grunt
(Haemulon album)
SF: 20% | DEN: 1