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Region: TWA

Geographic Zones: GREATER ANTILLES & VIRGIN ISLANDS - Zone 6 » US Virgin Islands - Zone 64 » St John - Zone 6403 » Lavango Cay (south side bay) - Zone 64030010

Survey Types: Species & Abundance, Species Only

Dates: 1/1/93 - 12/26/24

Total Surveys: 18

#Species Reported: 125

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Expert Surveyors: 44.78

Average Species Reported on a Survey by Novice Surveyors: 22.44

Survey Type: SA = Species & Abundance; SO = Species Only - How to interpret REEF data?
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SurveysBottom Time
ExpertNovice
CodeNameSASOSASO(H:M)
6GREATER ANTILLES & VIRGIN ISLANDS905413:52
64US Virgin Islands905413:52
6403St John905413:52
64030010Lavango Cay (south side bay)905413:52
TOTALS905413:52

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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Barred Hamlet (Caribbean) - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus puella)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.21
Blue Tang - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
SF: 83.33% | DEN: 2.79
Bluehead - Wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)
SF: 77.78% | DEN: 3.08
Bar Jack - Jack
(Caranx ruber)
SF: 72.22% | DEN: 2.5
Bicolor Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes partitus)
SF: 72.22% | DEN: 2.77
Blue Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina cyanea)
SF: 72.22% | DEN: 2.67
French Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon flavolineatum)
SF: 72.22% | DEN: 3.17
Spotted Goatfish - Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus)
SF: 72.22% | DEN: 2.42
Princess Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus taeniopterus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.5
Redband Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.67
Sergeant Major - Damselfish
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 3.33
Stoplight Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma viride)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 2.83
Trumpetfish - Trumpetfish
(Aulostomus maculatus)
SF: 66.67% | DEN: 1.82
Beaugregory - Damselfish
(Stegastes leucostictus)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 2.27
Bridled Goby Complex (Bridled/Sand-Canyon/Patch-Reef) - Goby
(C. glaucofraenum/C. bol/C. tortugae)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 2.73
Brown Chromis - Damselfish
(Azurina multilineata)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 3
Butter Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus unicolor)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 1.5
Foureye Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 2.9
Graysby - Seabass
(Cephalopholis cruentata)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 1.82
Sharpnose Puffer - Puffer
(Canthigaster rostrata)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 2.36
Striped Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus iseri)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 3.27
Threespot Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes planifrons)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 3.18
Yellowhead Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
SF: 61.11% | DEN: 2.91
Masked Goby/Glass Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus personatus/hyalinus)
SF: 55.56% | DEN: 3.6
Ocean Surgeonfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus tractus)
SF: 55.56% | DEN: 2.8
Longspine Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus rufus)
SF: 50% | DEN: 2.22
Tobaccofish - Seabass
(Serranus tabacarius)
SF: 50% | DEN: 1.67
Banded Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 2.14
Longfin Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes diencaeus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 2.25
Red Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus guttatus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 1.25
Tomtate - Grunt
(Haemulon aurolineatum)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 3.63
Yellowtail Damselfish - Damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 2.38
Yellowtail Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus chlorurus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 1.75
Yellowtail Snapper - Snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
SF: 44.44% | DEN: 2.75
Black Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus nigricans)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 2.14
Cleaning Goby - Goby
(Elacatinus genie)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 1.86
Harlequin Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tigrinus)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 1.43
Smooth Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys triqueter)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 1.14
Yellow Goatfish - Goatfish
(Mulloidichthys martinicus)
SF: 38.89% | DEN: 2.86
Dusky Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes adustus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2.5
Gray Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.83
Sand Diver - Lizardfish
(Synodus intermedius)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 1.4
Slippery Dick - Wrasse
(Halichoeres bivittatus)
SF: 33.33% | DEN: 2.83
Bandtail Puffer - Puffer
(Sphoeroides spengleri)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 1.4
Blackbar Soldierfish - Squirrelfish
(Myripristis jacobus)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 2
Brown Garden Eel - Conger
(Heteroconger longissimus)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 3.2
Clown Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres maculipinna)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 2.6
Cocoa Damselfish - Damselfish
(Stegastes xanthurus)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 2.2
Doctorfish - Surgeonfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 2.6
Queen Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Scarus vetula)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 2
Saucereye Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus calamus)
SF: 27.78% | DEN: 1.4
Bluestriped Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 2.25
Orangespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines pullus)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 1.25
Queen Angelfish - Angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 1.25
Queen Triggerfish - Triggerfish
(Balistes vetula)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 1.25
Schoolmaster - Snapper
(Lutjanus apodus)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 2.33
Spotted Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax moringa)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 1
Spotted Trunkfish - Boxfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 1.5
Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Holocentrus adscensionis)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 2
Yellowbelly Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus aberrans)
SF: 22.22% | DEN: 1.25
Coney - Seabass
(Cephalopholis fulva)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 2
Creole Wrasse - Wrasse
(Clepticus parrae)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 4
Diamond Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus boehlkei)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1
Fairy Basslet - Basslet
(Gramma loreto)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1.67
Pluma - Porgy
(Calamus pennatula)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1.33
Rainbow Wrasse - Wrasse
(Halichoeres pictus)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 2
Reef Butterflyfish - Butterflyfish
(Chaetodon sedentarius)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1.5
Spanish Hogfish - Wrasse
(Bodianus rufus)
SF: 16.67% | DEN: 1.67
Caesar Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon carbonarium)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2
Cero - Mackerel
(Scomberomorus regalis)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2
French Angelfish - Angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.5
Goldspot Goby - Goby
(Gnatholepis thompsoni)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2.5
Hybrid Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus (Hybrid))
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1
Rock Beauty - Angelfish
(Holacanthus tricolor)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.5
Rosy Blenny - Blenny - Labrisomids
(Malacoctenus macropus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 0
Scrawled Cowfish - Boxfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.5
Seaweed Blenny - Blenny - Combtooth
(Parablennius marmoreus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2
Smallmouth Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon chrysargyreum)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 3
Southern Stingray - Stingray
(Hypanus americanus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.5
Sponge Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Phaeoptyx xenus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1.5
Spotted Drum - Drum
(Eques punctatus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1
Unidentified Silvery Fish (Silversides / Anchovies / Herrings) - Silvery Fishes - Silversides, Herrings, and Anchovies
(Atheriniformes sp./ Clupeiformes sp.)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 4
Whitespotted Filefish - Filefish
(Cantherhines macrocerus)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 1
Yellowhead Jawfish - Jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
SF: 11.11% | DEN: 2
Barred Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon binotatus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Belted Cardinalfish - Cardinalfish
(Apogon townsendi)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Black Grouper - Seabass
(Mycteroperca bonaci)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Blackfin Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus buccanella)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Blue Dartfish (Blue Goby) - Dartfish
(Ptereleotris calliurus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Bluelip Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Cryptotomus roseus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 3
Bucktooth Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma radians)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Chalk Bass - Seabass
(Serranus tortugarum)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 3
Colon Goby - Goby
(Coryphopterus dicrus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Creolefish (Atlantic) - Seabass
(Paranthias furcifer)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Dog Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus jocu)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Dwarf Sand Perch - Seabass
(Diplectrum bivittatum)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Glasseye Snapper (Atlantic) - Bigeye
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Goldentail Moray - Moray
(Gymnothorax miliaris)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Gray Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 3
Green Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys splendens)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Greenblotch Parrotfish - Parrotfish
(Sparisoma atomarium)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Hovering Dartfish (Hovering Goby) - Dartfish
(Ptereleotris helenae)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Indigo Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus indigo)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 0
Juvenile Grunt - Grunt
(Haemulon sp.)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 3
Lane Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus synagris)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Longjaw Squirrelfish - Squirrelfish
(Neoniphon marianus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Mackerel Scad - Jack
(Decapterus macarellus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 3
Mutton Snapper - Snapper
(Lutjanus analis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Northern / Southern Sennet - Barracuda
(Sphyraena borealis/picudilla)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Orangespotted Goby - Goby
(Nes longus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Peacock Flounder - Flounder
(Bothus lunatus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 0
Puddingwife - Wrasse
(Halichoeres radiatus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Redspotted Hawkfish - Hawkfish
(Amblycirrhitus pinos)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Rock Hind - Seabass
(Epinephelus adscensionis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 0
Rosy Razorfish - Wrasse
(Xyrichtys martinicensis)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 3
Roughhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria aspera)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 0
Sand Tilefish - Tilefish
(Malacanthus plumieri)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Seminole Goby - Goby
(Microgobius carri)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Sheepshead Porgy - Porgy
(Calamus penna)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Slender Filefish - Filefish
(Monacanthus tuckeri)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Spinyhead Blenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Acanthemblemaria spinosa)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Tan Hamlet - Seabass
(Hypoplectrus randallorum)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
White Margate - Grunt
(Haemulon album)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 1
Yellowface Pikeblenny - Blenny - Pike, tube, and flag
(Chaenopsis limbaughi)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2
Yellowfin Mojarra - Mojarra
(Gerres cinereus)
SF: 5.56% | DEN: 2