APPENDIX. Results of the Quantitative Visual Fish Censuses Conducted at Five Locations in Kailua Bay, 
Oahu, Hawaii, in 1998


Transect
FAMILY and Species

T-1
T-2
T-3
T-4
T-5

HOLOCENTRIDAE





Adioryx xantherythrus 
17




Myripristis amaenus
74




Flammeo sammara 
5










AULOSTOMIDAE





Aulostomus chinensis 

1









SERRANIDAE





Cephalopholis argus 
1

1

1






LUTJANIDAE





Lutjanus kasmira 
300

26








MULLIDAE





Mulloidichthys flavolineatus 


4


Parupeneus multifasciatus 
10
4
1
1
2






CHAETODONTIDAE





Forcipiger flavissimus 
2


1
4
Chaetodon fremblii 
1


1

Chaetodon kleinii
19




Chaetodon unimaculatus 


4
2
2
Chaetodon ornatissimus 
2

4
2
2
Chaetodon quadrimaculatus 




1
Chaetodon multicinctus 
2
6
4

2
Chaetodon miliaris 
550










POMACANTHIDAE





Holacanthus arcuatus 

1



Centropyge potteri  
7
5
2
3







POMACENTRIDAE





Dascyllus albisella 
32




Abudefduf abdominalis 
58




Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus 

1
7
5
1
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis 




4
Chromis vanderbilti  

7


3
Chromis ovalis  
100




Chromis verator 
45

7


Chromis hanui  

42
21
9

Chromis agilis 

20



Stegastes fasciolatus 


1

1






CIRRHITIDAE





Paracirrhites arcatus 



1
1
Paracirrhites forsteri  

1



Cirrhitops fasciatus 

1









LABRIDAE





Cheilio inermis 


1
1
1
Labroides phthirophagus 
2




Bodianus bilunulatus 

1
2

1
Pseudocheilinus octotaenia 

4



Novaculichthys taeniourus 




1
Thalassoma duperrey 
9
8
7
2
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Transect
FAMILY and Species

T-1
T-2
T-3
T-4
T-5

Thalassoma ballieui 
3


1
1
Gomphosus varius 
2




Coris gaimard  

1


1
Coris ballieui 

6



Pseudojuloides cerasinus

2



Stethojulis balteata 



1
1
Macropharyngodon geoffroy 


1


Anampses chrysocephalus  

5



Halichoeres ornatissimus 
1
1









SCARIDAE





Calotomus carolinus 




1
Scarus sordidus 
3

11
3
1
Scarus psittacus 

42


8






BLENNIIDAE





Exallis brevis  


1








ACANTHURIDAE





Acanthurus triostegus  




4
Acanthurus leucoparieus 




1
Acanthurus nigrofuscus 

9
34
12
34
Acanthurus nigroris
9
6
1


Acanthurus thompsoni 
15


29

Acanthurus olivaceus 

2


29
Acanthurus dussumieri  
1



3
Acanthurus glaucopareius 


5
11

Ctenochaetus strigosus 
98

51
99

Zebrasoma flavescens 
1
1
6
17

Naso lituratus 
1

1
2

Naso unicornis  




1
Naso hexacanthus
100




Zanclus cornutus 
4



2






BALISTIDAE





Rhinecanthus rectangulus 




3
Melichthys niger 


3
1

Melichthys vidua 

1
1


Sufflamen bursa 
2
4
2
1







MONACANTHIDAE





Cantherhines sandwichiensis 



1







OSTRACIIDAE





Ostracion meleagris 
1
1









TETRAODONTIDAE





Canthigaster jactator 
4
1
3

1
Canthigaster rivulata 




1







Total No. of Species
34
28
28
23
32
Total No. of Individuals
1,481
184
212
206
151
Estimated Standing Crop (g/m2)
1,124
62
140
127
138

NOTE: Each entry in the body of the table represents the total number of individuals of each species seen; totals are 
presented at the foot of the table, along with an estimate of the standing crop of fishes present at each location. All censuses 
were carried out by the author.



