Table
COMM
Stock
40. (Continued) Reef fishes 40 m.
ON NAME
SPECIES Summer Winter Study Var/X
Rel.
Size
Mean
Mean Mean
Abu
(%)
Cero
12
Scomberomorus regalis
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.7
0.0
Stoplig
0.1
0.7
0.0
12
ht Parrotfish
Sparisoma viride
0.0
0.2
Great Barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.7
0.0
12
Total Individuals =
384.5
202.2
342.2
Total Species =
The base of the SW Wall Reef at 40 m appears to be the optimal residential habitat of
the red hind (Plate 35), which exhibited the highest abundance (1.6 Ind/30 m
2
) record
within belt-transects from more than 50 reef sites surveyed in Puerto Rico (García e
2005). Based on its mean abundance within belt-transects, it is estimated that
approximately 187 individuals were present within a depth range of 34 -40 m at t
Wall during our survey. The estimated stock size for the entire SW Wall Reef is in the
order of 374 fish individuals. All red hind individuals at 40m were present in adult sizes
no juveniles were observed (Table 41).
ed
t al.,
he SW
,
Plate 34
137