Table 27. List of fishes observed from mid-slope habitats (120 – 300 m) during the Seward Johnson
Sea Link II survey of the insular slope of Puerto Rico and the USVI during 1985.
Species
Common Name
Habitat
Depth
Sites
Caranx lugubris
Black Jack
WC,SR,RRS,LW,RWR,RW 60 - 600
2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 14
Lutjanus vivanus
Silk snapper
RR,RRS,SR,RW,MSS
120 - 600
4, 6, 8, 13, 14
Ostichthys trachypoma
Deep sea squirrelfish
SR,RR,RS
240 - 600
4, 5, 6, 13, 14
Holacanthus tricolor
Rock Beauty
RWR
30 - 150
1, 2, 4, 6, 14
Stegastes partitus
Bicolor damselfish
LW,RWR
30 - 300
2, 4, 6, 8, 14
Chromis insolatus
Sunshine chromis
RR,LW,RWR
40 - 210
1, 3, 8, 13, 14
Chaetodon aculeatus
Longsnout
butterflyfish
LW,RWR
40 - 300
1, 4, 6, 8, 14
Flammeo marianus
Longspine squirelfish
LW,RWR,SR,RRS
40 - 300
1, 3, 4, 6, 14
Chaetodon sedentarius
Reef butterflyfish
RWR
30 - 143
2, 4, 5, 14
Holocentrus rufus
Squirrelfish
RWR
30 - 330
2, 3, 4, 6
Centropyge argi
LW,RWR
60 - 300
4, 6, 8, 14
Serranus lucipercanus
RRS,LW,RWR
60 - 300
3, 6, 8, 14
Cephalopholis fulva
Coney
SR,RWR
60 - 330
4, 5, 6, 14
Pristipomoides sp.
Wenchman snapper
RR,SS,SR,MSS
120 - 600
4, 6, 9, 10
Gempylidae
SS,WC, MSS
200 - 500
3, 8, 9, 13
Holanthias martinicensis
SR,RR,RRS,RW,RWR
90 - 330
4, 8, 13, 14
Gobiidae
Gobies
SR,RR,MSS,RWR
90 - 600
4, 6, 8, 10
Lutjanus buccanella
Blackfin snapper
RR,VRW,SR,RWR
90 - 600
3, 4, 6, 14
Holocentrus ascensionis
Longjaw squirelfish
RRS,RWR
40 - 210
1, 4, 6, 14
Clepticus parrae
Creole wrasse
RRS,LW,RWR
40 - 240
1, 4, 6, 14
Paranthias furcifer
Creole fish
SR,RWR
60 - 330
4, 6, 8, 14
Etelis oculatus
Queen snapper
RR,LW,SSR, MSS
120 - 600
6, 8, 9
Seriola dumerili
Almaco Jack (CK)
WC,SMS,RW
120 - 300
3, 6, 8
Cyttopsis roseus
SS, MSS
200 - 500
3, 8, 13
Acanthurus coeruleus
Blue tang
RWR
30 - 143
2, 4, 6
Epinephelus guttatus
Red hind
RWR
30 - 143
2, 4, 6
Sparisoma viride
Stoplight parrotfish
RWR
30 - 150
2, 5, 6
Chaetodon capistratus
Four-eye butterflyfish
LW,RWR
30 - 300
2, 5, 6
Sphyraena barracuda
Great barracuda
RWR
60 - 120
3, 4, 5
Myripristis jacobus
Blackbar soldierfish
LW,RWR
40 - 143
1, 4, 6
Acanthurus bahianus
Ocean surgeon
RWR
40 - 150
1, 5, 6
Xanthichthys ringens
Sargassum
Triggerfish
RRS,LW,RWR
40 - 177
1, 2, 13
Serranus tortugarum
LW,RWR
60 - 240
3, 6, 8
Synodontidae
Lizardfishes
MSS,RW
100 - 600
8, 10
Mycteroperca intersticialis
RW
120 - 300
8, 14
Pristigenys alta
RRS,RW
120 - 300
4, 13
Parasudis truculenta
SS, MSS
200 - 600
8, 10
Caranx sp.
Jack
RR,LW,
120 - 300
6, 8
Plectrypops retrospinus
RRS,LW
210 - 300
4, 6
Chromis enchrysurus
RWR
90 - 120
3, 14
Cephalopholis cruentatum
Graysbe
RWR
30 - 120
2, 3
Haemulon sciurus
Bluestripped Grunt
RWR
30 - 150
2, 5
Pseudupeneus maculatus
Stripped goatfish
RWR
30 - 150
1, 2
Scarus taeniopterus
Princess parrotfish
RWR
30 - 150
1, 2
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