Table 42. Taxonomic composition, abundance and estimated stock size of fishes surveyed
Depth: 50 m
Rel.
Stock
within belt-transects at the SW Wall Reef, Isla Desecheo during 2004. Depth: 50
meters (Stock size estimates based on 100,000 m2 reef area).
SPECIES
COM
N NAM
N Var/X
ize
MO
E
MEA
bu.(%) S
A
Stegaste
Bicolor Damselfish
27.2
0.6
33.2
90667
s partitus
Chrom
a
romis
12.1
6.8
14.8
40333
is cyane
Blue Ch
Coryphopteru
permint Goby
9.8
3
9
32667
s lipernes
Pep
11.
Chromi
hine Chromis
8.7
3
10.6
29000
s insulata
Suns
Centro
Cherubfish
6.8
1.2
22667
pyge argi
8.3
Coryphopterus pe
y
3.2
16.3
7
rsonatus
Masked Gob
3.9
1066
Thalassoma bi
hea
sse
2.3
1.6
7667
fasciatum
Blue
d Wra
2.8
Chaetodon
Lo
ut Butterflyfish
2
0.4
2.4
6667
aculeatus
ngsno
Cephaloph
Coney
1.7
0.8
5667
olis fulva
2
Halichoere
Yellow-hea
s garnoti
d Wrasse
1.2
1.2
1.5
4000
Amblycirrhit
R
tted Hawkfish
0.9
1
1
3000
us pinnos
edspo
1.
Sca
arrotfish
0.9
1.3
3000
rus iserti
Stripped P
1.1
Epinephelus
ed Hind
0.8
0.6
2667
guttatus
R
0.9
Spar
arrotfish
0.6
1.4
0.7
2000
isoma sp.
P
Gram
Basslet
0.4
4
0.5
1333
ma loreto
Fairy
Chromis m
row Chromis
0.4
1.8
1333
ultilineata
B
n
0.5
Canthigaster rost
bbe
ffer
0.3
1.5
1000
rata
Cari
an Pu
0.4
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
band Parrotifish
0.3
0.8
0.4
1000
Red
Gobiosoma sp.
Goby
0.3
0.8
0.4
1000
Cephalopholis cruentatus
Graysby
0.2
0.9
0.3
667
Sparisoma radians
Bucktooth Parrotfish
0.2
0.9
0.3
667
Holacanthus tricolor
Rock Beauty
0.2
0.9
0.3
667
Bodianus rufus
Spanish hogfish
0.2
0.9
0.3
667
Xanthychthys ringens
Sargassum Triggerfish
0.1
1
0.1
333
Balistes vetula
Queen Triggerfish
0.1
1
0.1
333
Holocentrus rufus
Squirrelfish
0.1
1
0.1
333
Hypoplectrus chlorurus
Yellowtail Hamlet
0.1
1
0.1
333
Hypoplectrus puella
Barred Hamlet
0.1
1
0.1
333
Serranus tigrinus
Harlequin Bass
0.1
1
0.1
333
Halichoeres cyanocephalus
Yellowcheek Wrasse
0.1
1
0.1
333
Chaetodon sedentarius
Reef Butterflyfish
0.1
1
0.1
333
Coryphopterus sp.
Goby sp.
0.1
1
0.1
333
Acanthurus coeruleus
Blue Tang
0.1
1
0.1
333
Mean Abundance Ind/ 30m2 =
82
Mean # Species/transect =
14.2
Total species =
33
144
Depth: 50 m
Rel.
Stock
within belt-transects at the SW Wall Reef, Isla Desecheo during 2004. Depth: 50
meters (Stock size estimates based on 100,000 m2 reef area).
SPECIES
COM
N NAM
N Var/X
ize
MO
E
MEA
bu.(%) S
A
Stegaste
Bicolor Damselfish
27.2
0.6
33.2
90667
s partitus
Chrom
a
romis
12.1
6.8
14.8
40333
is cyane
Blue Ch
Coryphopteru
permint Goby
9.8
3
9
32667
s lipernes
Pep
11.
Chromi
hine Chromis
8.7
3
10.6
29000
s insulata
Suns
Centro
Cherubfish
6.8
1.2
22667
pyge argi
8.3
Coryphopterus pe
y
3.2
16.3
7
rsonatus
Masked Gob
3.9
1066
Thalassoma bi
hea
sse
2.3
1.6
7667
fasciatum
Blue
d Wra
2.8
Chaetodon
Lo
ut Butterflyfish
2
0.4
2.4
6667
aculeatus
ngsno
Cephaloph
Coney
1.7
0.8
5667
olis fulva
2
Halichoere
Yellow-hea
s garnoti
d Wrasse
1.2
1.2
1.5
4000
Amblycirrhit
R
tted Hawkfish
0.9
1
1
3000
us pinnos
edspo
1.
Sca
arrotfish
0.9
1.3
3000
rus iserti
Stripped P
1.1
Epinephelus
ed Hind
0.8
0.6
2667
guttatus
R
0.9
Spar
arrotfish
0.6
1.4
0.7
2000
isoma sp.
P
Gram
Basslet
0.4
4
0.5
1333
ma loreto
Fairy
Chromis m
row Chromis
0.4
1.8
1333
ultilineata
B
n
0.5
Canthigaster rost
bbe
ffer
0.3
1.5
1000
rata
Cari
an Pu
0.4
Sparisoma aurofrenatum
band Parrotifish
0.3
0.8
0.4
1000
Red
Gobiosoma sp.
Goby
0.3
0.8
0.4
1000
Cephalopholis cruentatus
Graysby
0.2
0.9
0.3
667
Sparisoma radians
Bucktooth Parrotfish
0.2
0.9
0.3
667
Holacanthus tricolor
Rock Beauty
0.2
0.9
0.3
667
Bodianus rufus
Spanish hogfish
0.2
0.9
0.3
667
Xanthychthys ringens
Sargassum Triggerfish
0.1
1
0.1
333
Balistes vetula
Queen Triggerfish
0.1
1
0.1
333
Holocentrus rufus
Squirrelfish
0.1
1
0.1
333
Hypoplectrus chlorurus
Yellowtail Hamlet
0.1
1
0.1
333
Hypoplectrus puella
Barred Hamlet
0.1
1
0.1
333
Serranus tigrinus
Harlequin Bass
0.1
1
0.1
333
Halichoeres cyanocephalus
Yellowcheek Wrasse
0.1
1
0.1
333
Chaetodon sedentarius
Reef Butterflyfish
0.1
1
0.1
333
Coryphopterus sp.
Goby sp.
0.1
1
0.1
333
Acanthurus coeruleus
Blue Tang
0.1
1
0.1
333
Mean Abundance Ind/ 30m2 =
82
Mean # Species/transect =
14.2
Total species =
33
144